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Iftekhar Sayeed
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The prince saves the princess from the monster

In fairy tales, but I am powerless

To save you from this nightmare in real life;

In the perfection of your features once

I saw the lineaments of the state,

Goodness and reason made incarnate here;

And then the lunatics who masquerade

As thinkers shattered our dreams without thought.

Reality, released from prison, reigns;

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here"

Has been posted over the door; the warning

Seems less austere since mitigated by

The possibility of our escape:

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Iftekhar Sayeed teaches English and economics. He was born and lives in Dhaka, Ã ??Bangladesh. He has contributed to AXIS OF LOGIC, ENTER TEXT, POSTCOLONIAL Ã ??TEXT, LEFT CURVE, MOBIUS, ERBACCE, THE JOURNAL, and other publications. Ã ??He is also a (more...)
 
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