Inspired by an article published in Asia Weekly which mentions ‘silent/listen’ as an example of anagram, I wrote this poem to make fun of the way important constructs like ‘American Dream’ and ‘democracy’ have been degraded as if in a game of anagram.
A ram cairned me
In a crammed era [where]
Cameramen raid
A dire cameraman [or]
Arid cameramen
[Becoming]
A creamed airman [or]
A carmine dream
A minced ram ear
[a] maniac rearmed
As freedom turns into a dorm fee
Democracy to a car comedy, and
Human rights to harming huts
[previously published in kartika review]
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