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Lost Time

Published : Saturday, 31 October, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Ashraful Kabir

After many years of returning
At the front door of the dilapidated house -

Yet the square of the bare walls!
Lost bone-jaw, the heartbeat;

Some shining stones,
The lost hearing!
Still waiting for the gentle breeze
A dilapidated ventilator!

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