Imagine Your Reflection Poem by Usman Hanif

Imagine...
A man held a bone
of his love begone
Imagine;
imagine him standing
surrounded by dogs
And growling with anger
that they don't snatch it away
And they surround him
'cause it is their property

a face against twoscore snouts
a growl against a chorus of growls
hands crackling in front of claws
teeth clattering against their jaws

Beside him lays a cat; dead
and he holds the bone as as a dagger
as if trying to protect the dead cat
and their frothed snouts are ready
to tear him apart...

Yes, they are more in number
but their minds are contradicting
to them; he's their prey...
and to him; they all are on four
as if submitting themselves to his command...

it looks as if they all are awaiting his order...
but they are not...
they await his anger to drain into fear
then they digest him...
and he laughs at their waiting in vain!
The cat lies there; still dead
the whole scene is a still picture...

One day, either of those dogs
will dare to attack him
and when it will start charging 'wards him,
the hide of dog will fall off him;
revealing a human warrior; attacking the vermin!
And then the hides will start falling off,
the most intimidated legion of mankind
they will force him to cower
inside the wall of their arms...

but now, they await the warrior to take step
and they start their siege...
but still... this picture...
this picture of the man, bone and his faithfull dogs,
is sold at a heavy price;
the picture; painted by dogs themselves! ! !

20-07-2009