Is There Hope In This Letter? Poem by Raj Arumugam

It seems to hold out a ray
and the vague words
deny nothing while holding out time.
There is mention of a flood of applications.
Your application is now being considered.
The paper and the words become Holy Writ.
The message is round and round,
the words considered
every way like a living text....
The recipient sees hope; the recipient sees
routine procedure...

They want me; they want me not;
they want me; they want me not...
Is there hope or not?





(from The Migrant - notes of a newcomer (February 1997- July 1998))