Caution

Love is ok

till it becomes like

the curiosity of country-lads

when they go to airports

just to see

how aeroplanes fly

but putting on spotless garments

when you sit on your knees:

love is the water of Buriganga—

you drink, you die.

Md Mehedi Hasan occasionally contributes to The Daily Star Literature page; he is a lecturer of English at North Western University, Khulna.