The Invisible Hand

The Invisible Hand

A Poem by Swagato Saha
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What is the 'Invisible Hand of the Free Subject' like to the world of objects - variously transforming and displacing things in its Promethean wake? "Words are a stain on silence." - Samuel Beckett

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A restless will sets the pens a-stir,
From an idle corner, a chair surmised,
By the patient desk where pages learn,
New sermons of the floating hand.

And a flash of light in formless dark!
A breathless slurp, a shuffle of cards?
So words as burning stains did part,
The silence of waking leaves.

And ink tears through the startled white!
A nervous pause... a reckless swipe,
As queues of object gazes hide,
From fortunes unforeseen.

The cancelled screens, a gasper's prayer,
A trail of smoke, a creak of chair;
By the steady, uncertain air,
Turn to but morning's waste-

© 2025 Swagato Saha


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Added on May 8, 2025
Last Updated on May 8, 2025
Tags: Subjectivity, Projection, Hubris, Philosophy, Alienation

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Swagato Saha
Swagato Saha

Kolkata, India



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