Of Pressed Rats and Warthogs: A Collection of Poems

By Anurag Sarkar

"Of Pressed Rats and Warthogs: A Collection of Poems" consists of 28 poems divided into 7 sections, each dealing with a certain theme. The themes include wrath, despair, envy, lust, love and sloth and combine to paint a loose picture of the author's psychological and emotional development over the past three years, during which time he wrote these poems. Broad themes aside, some of the topics covered in the collection are religion, family, society, luck, depression, the world in general and music. The poems are primarily aimed at adults and young adults and some content may not be suitable for minors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Sep 17, 2012
• ISBN: 9781300163381

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OF PRESSED RATS AND WARTHOGS

A Collection of Poems

ANURAG SARKAR

Copyright © 2012 Anurag Sarkar 

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ISBN: 978-1-300-16338-1

First Published in 2012

Published by Lulu Press

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PREFACE

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Behold these rhymes, two scores and eight,

These rhymes which I did write,

Through times of hope and times of hate,

Four years of youth and spite,

Now seven times did I divide, these rhymes in parts distinct,

And seven ways I show and hide,

What I do feel within,

Now wrath comes first and oft and bold,

Foremost among all parts,

Despair does follow in the cold,

With envy in my heart,

I lust not much and love much less,

And so these parts are small,

I slouch at times, I do confess,

And so combine them all.

And I did trap within these rhymes,

All lessons, first to last,

That life did teach through all this time,

These twenty years now past.

And here dear reader, I leave you,

To sift through all my rhymes,

With hope you find some hard and true,

And most are worth your time.

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CONTENTS

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Book One Wrath

I. Of Pressed Rats and Warthogs

II. Hate

III. Home

IV. Karembeu

V. Mother

VI. Our Father Art Thou in Heaven?

VII. The Infant

Book Two: Despair

I. Clouds Without Linings

II. Hey Joe

III. Hush

IV. Lamentations

V. Mr. Yester Day

VI. The Chicken Song Part I

Book Three: Envy

I. Dealer On High

II. The Chicken Song Parts II & III

III. The Deserving

IV. The God That Failed

V. The Musician

Book Four: Lust

I. Hallelujah

II. Heaven Won’t Have Me (The Monster’s Song)

III. I Thank’d An Ibis

IV. Pull You Away

Book Five: Love

I. The Ballad of Lenny & Sally, Part I: Lenny’s Lyric

II. The Ballad of Lenny & Sally, Part II: Sally’s Song

III. Tribute (Thanks For Your Pains)

Book Six: Sloth

I. Imperfect Circles

II. The Fornication Song

Book Seven: Wrath, Despair, Envy, Lust, Love, Sloth

I. Finding Never Ever Land

About the Author

BOOK ONE:   WRATH

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OF PRESSED RATS AND WARTHOGS

Hey Mister Suit and Tie, how must I pay?

When you took away my land and killed me yesterday;

Hey Erudition Man, how must I read?

When you took away my mind and did but let it bleed;

And hey Minister of God, why do we pray?

When we must beg our brothers to die this very day.

Why follow the sharp dressed man when he just looks to please?

Selling tales of Jesus Christ and broken memories;

Why hear the unwise owl when it hoots but fallacies?

Pressing rats with fiddlesticks and ministry decrees;

And why worship the Judas kin when they can't cure disease?

Buying immortality while we die wanting peace.

Hey Mister Green &