POEM :
IT BRINGS BEATEN MEN…
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Plane incident :
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POEM :
IT BRINGS BEATEN MEN
(by Soman Ragavan)
1st part
The fine bird approaches the runway in a graceful move :
With ease it descends from the clouds, from the sky;
Piloted with a masterly hand, it carries the Boss,
Who be seat’d in plush comfort, looking through the window.
Porthole, what, whatever, something, something…
Whatever it be, the lord descends from the sky;
His papers stack’d, a confident look :
In the cabin, reliev’d by the Commandant.
Staff take care of things, all be well oil’d,
Like sheet music;
The procedures be precise :
The plane lands like a mosquito…
*****
2nd part
The experienc’d staff do it with expert hands :
Passengers rise up, get themselves organis’d better,
In a well-rehears’d ritual : no mishap can happen here,
In these operations : no accident in this ceremonial.
No incident can happen in this secur’d place :
Everything be under a plann’d control ;
Precise procedures kick in :
As usual, one goes about it perfectly.
The Boss be fully ready, as he always is :
He looks as in his best days ;
Confidently he walks towards the exit :
The lady follows him with obvious diplomacy.
*****
3rd part
Suddenly a masterly hand mistressly grabs his face :
Staff be anxious : even shock’d.
It be unthinkable : one had hop’d for a cool trip,
Yet here be Madam rousing up flicking hell !...
The worm be in the fruit : action station, everybody :
But, how to intervene in such a matter ?...
All the worse, in full view from the outside
Took place the incident, in front of the pitiless guys…
The Boss will be well advis’d to learn the lessons :
Or he will well risk being caught with his pants down…
Inside, a sorry embarrassment:
Outside, a start of a tumult…
The cameras don’t forgive :
They miss nothing : on the contrary…
Of diplomacy, here be the death :
Joking ?... That’ll be the day !...
One should take firm decisions :
We cannot allow such mucking around.
One thought that secur’d was the presidential surrounds :
Outside, in the press, a start of noise…
*****
4th part
Too late : cameras have record’d everything :
One should take firm decisions :
The presidential place be not some vulgar farm :
But, alas, we be all prisoners…
Recov’ring from it the Boss climbs down the stairs,
He recovers rather quickly, he got back his breath :
On the looks opposite, signs that don’t lie :
They be already wond’ring about this great couple…
Alas !... The images don’t forgive :
Had it happen’d further inside
No one would have known outside :
What a flacking hell ! What a low blow…
*****
5th part
But, no, it was nothing : let’s see, she was joking :
It was just a little joke : she caress’d his face :
We swear to you : it was an insignificant gesture :
Be this all you can do as press coverage ?...
You be always on the look-out : don’t be silly :
You be mistaken : do correct yourselves :
Be reassur’d : everything goes on perfectly here :
We behave with unrivall’d rectitude…
*****
6th part
In the press, signs that don’t lie :
They watch each other in disbelief : hell broke loose :
At her age this lady ought to have known better :
One now has to master the incident.
*****
7th part
No need to raise an uproar over this :
Presidential or not, it’s a household :
Beaten men, they exist everywhere :
Even where you don’t expect it at all…
Beaten men, it’s run of the mill :
They all tumble down, slide downhill :
Big speeches ? One be not fool’d :
There be no place to hide : not even under the skirts…
Against bad luck one should put up a cheerful heart :
Marriage be often a sorry trap :
The guy be no exception : many get caught :
One should shut up : easily men pass away…
Why should one talk about it ? Domestic violence
It’s a commonplace “ more than one thinks :
Violence against husbands, it’s a taboo subject :
Be quiet… The one who talks about it must be stupid…
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Soman Ragavan
2 June, 2025
My translation of « Il apporte des hommes battus »
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Comments1
The topic is taboo and seldom addressed in poetry, seen as depicting a coward, a weak man, shameful for the victim. Yet there are many reasons men and women subject themselves to abuse and who are we to judge. Abuse is wrong in all forms but yet prevalent and hidden by both parties at times. Abuse takes many forms most times not physical. A write that brings to the public eye a sad symptom of human relationships.
Thank you. It is a subject lived through but rarely talked about.
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