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Amantes Assemble Sonnet 56
Don’t look for someone you can talk sense with,
Find someone with whom you can talk nonsense.
Call it friendship, call it love, call it whatever,
Role of a companion isn’t sensibility but acceptance.
That’s why I walk around in shabby clothes,
That’s how I get to know about people’s true nature.
Everybody likes to butter up those in suits,
Those who smile at the people with nothing,
are the ones with real substance of character.
If you wanna find out who your enemies are,
Walk fancy and wait for the butter to pour in.
If you wanna find out the humans amongst the leeches,
Walk like a vagabond with your shirt not tucked in.
Be cautious of those who applaud your accomplishment.
And never lose those who walk by you in hopelessness.
Find someone with whom you can talk nonsense.
Call it friendship, call it love, call it whatever,
Role of a companion isn’t sensibility but acceptance.
That’s why I walk around in shabby clothes,
That’s how I get to know about people’s true nature.
Everybody likes to butter up those in suits,
Those who smile at the people with nothing,
are the ones with real substance of character.
If you wanna find out who your enemies are,
Walk fancy and wait for the butter to pour in.
If you wanna find out the humans amongst the leeches,
Walk like a vagabond with your shirt not tucked in.
Be cautious of those who applaud your accomplishment.
And never lose those who walk by you in hopelessness.
Published on September 14, 2022 15:39
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Take Off Your Clothes | Abhijit Naskar | Visvavictor
Take off your clothes and post a selfie,
A million animals will shower you attention.
But cover up all and open your heart,
Only precious few humans will care to listen.
Don’t confuse attention with care,
Those who care might not follow you.
But you can be sure of one little thing,
99% of your followers don’t care about you.
A million animals will shower you attention.
But cover up all and open your heart,
Only precious few humans will care to listen.
Don’t confuse attention with care,
Those who care might not follow you.
But you can be sure of one little thing,
99% of your followers don’t care about you.
Published on September 17, 2023 12:46
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attention-seeking, beautiful-heart, followers, influencers, inner-beauty, naked-selfies, nudes, shallow, social-media, social-media-addiction, social-media-audiences, social-media-branding, vanity
The Beggar King (Sonnet 2314) – Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

I wear the same casual outfit everywhere,
pair of jeans with a shirt or tshirt –
people wear fancy clothes either to
look and feel good, or impress others,
I have no need for either, so I walk like beggar.
Vanity and validation are for the small of mind,
Himalayan Human has no need for cosmetic adornment.
The Sun is beyond the realms of humility and hubris,
I’m neither humble nor hubrous, just burning with mission.
I wear my backbone as battery, brain is my currency,
heart is my bedrock, character is my legacy.
I see neither man nor woman, I only see human;
I see neither rich nor poor, I only see behavior.
Savages are known by aristocratic opulence,
Sapiens is known by vagrant virtue-n-valiance.
Published on August 19, 2025 07:11
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actions, admiration, advaita, appearance, aristocracy, ascetic, asceticism, behavior, brainy-quotes, brave-heart, braveheart, character, character-backbone, dervish, education, ethics, gentle-giant, greatness, human-nature, humanism, humanitarian, humanitarianism, humble, humility, identity, inner-beauty, intelligence, legacy, luxury, monk, narcissism, oneness, poet-scientist, sacrifice, savage, selfless, service-of-humanity, sophisticated, sufi, sufism, transcendence, validation, vanity, virtue