Brilliant! Hard-hitting on violence at its best. While the first stanza looks like Inès and Garcin locked up in 'hell' or *Huis clos (a windowless room) written by Jean-Paul Sartre, the last stanza perhaps refers to the horse in the novel called Black Beauty by Anna Sewell who, much like the novel is finally relieved to his happy retirement in the country after 'a myriad tears'. The powerful reference talks so clearly about the atrocities (a signature assault) and our inability to reach out to 'the god' with our balloon thought. Well done. And what an apt name dear Satish!
On the critique side, would have preferred a footnote for the asterix marked against Black Beauty. However, as an author you must always have the last word, so would like to be corrected if you meant anything else for the asterix. I am condemned by the academic way of looking at texts, which says 'rien est gratuit', nothing is free.
*Huis clos (closed door) is the French name, it's called No Exit and In camera in British and American Engish translations respectively.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata
On the critique side, would have preferred a footnote for the asterix marked against Black Beauty. However, as an author you must always have the last word, so would like to be corrected if you meant anything else for the asterix. I am condemned by the academic way of looking at texts, which says 'rien est gratuit', nothing is free.
*Huis clos (closed door) is the French name, it's called No Exit and In camera in British and American Engish translations respectively.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata
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