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La Excepcion (The Exception)

Mahim Maher February 3, 2001

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La Excepcion

The Exception

Los opuestos inherentes

poblan nuestra conciencia.

Inherent opposites

populate our consciousness.

Capaz/incapaz

Borracho/sobrio

Vivo/muerto

Able/unable

Drunk/sober

Alive/dead

Estoy harto de la conciencia

La identidad
es una camisa

de fuerza:

solo un hombre

solo vivo.

I am tired of this consciousness

Identity is a straight-

jacket:

only a man

only alive.

Pero el tiempo

no es binario:

la excepcion

se mueve

solo

adelante.

But time

is not binary:

the exception

it moves

only

forward.

































I’m trying to define a way to contribute to Pakistani society and by this poem am shaking hands with Chowk and all its readers, who will learn to hate me in the coming months.

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