In the calm of his self-wounded patriotism,
His blood lay stagnant, fizzy and cool;
Passing-by cavalries witness the poised death
Pulverized for days, puffed in the pool;
While believers say he’s owned by martyrdom.

His ice-cold body in the froth - long clogged;
Do not by nature please the vultures at pray
Nor the appetite of Satan increase;
But little worth to world it does in play
Serve to excite civilized effort once slogged.

This amazing narcissism knows no frontier
For religion, color, race it calls to fight;
Once bread and butter had devised a cause,
Now under-earth’s resource snatches the right
And all rush to hegemonic wear and tear.

PEACE is the name they shield their motif with;
For love, for care, for humanity, they move;
To plot perfect carry of nationalistic strategy;
And meet goals even if it means to life disapprove,
For medic, for food, for support and such myth.

His skeleton bare of skin is a reminder
That which you own between the heaven and earth;
Like a prize on casino’s table tries luck,
Behind White teeth a strike of hideous mirth;
A winner’s face appears as another finder.

Born in 1979, Mr. A.S.M. Shamim Miah has been teaching native and non-native students at home and abroad since 2002. Besides teaching undergraduate and graduate students at universities like Stamford University Bangladesh, Southeast University and Prime University, he has regularly been training new BCS cadre recruits, district commissioners and additional secretaries at BIAM Foundation and Food Ministry of Bangladesh. A good number of his English poems have been published in prominent international dailies and the online poetry sites. Recently, one of his books titled English for Professional Purposes was published by Stamford University Press. He is currently teaching English language and Literature at Stamford University, Southeast University, & Prime University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.