Power of Subalterns

The power you get by exploitation and accumulation,

I give you my all!

The power you get, you get it by controlling me.

my actions,

So, be grateful!

The power you have, you owe me for all of it!

The post, the position,

The honor, you get it through me.

For my submission!

For my desublimation!

The strength you get is from my weaknesses and loss of self-consciousness!

The power you get by holding me in peonage!

So, be grateful!

I make you for what you are, for where you stand now!

Bow to me!

I am the creator!

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy

Circa: 2022, Rokeya Hall, DU

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Farheen Akter Bhuian