# Songs for a Half-Escape

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2022/06/16/songs-for-a-half-escape/
- Published: 2022-06-16T17:22:31+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author: **Abhradeep Bhattacharjee[⌊A sample cover of the book: midnight blue coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Songs-for-a-Half-Escape-1.jpeg)
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Pages:** 64 **Year of Publication:** 2022 **Price:** Rs 200 **ISBN:** 978-81-956648-
2-5 (9788195664825)

_**About the Author**_
 20 year old Abhradeep is currently studying in Delhi. He
grew up in Shillong, Meghalaya, and attributes this to have profoundly influenced
his sensibility.

_**Teaser**_

_Guilt_

Guilt is bulky,
 Foolish and moribund — A maple-winged, dust-tinged creature; Flapping
and squawking, Turning inside out Within the pit of the stomach; Climbing and crouching
amidst aisles Of irregular, vapid breaths. Child of selfish glee — With a gaze that
spells out A pathetic, atrophied kind Of ruthlessness.

Regret is pallid,
 Lame without deference; And broken words Limp to its rescue, 
Their glances shifting, Castigating… Their reflections Upon the bloody sheen Enveloping
a sinking, Yet barely blinking Carrion flame, That burns your lips And snarls at
the candle’s end. You despise yourself now, With nothing left to forgive.

_**Contents**_

**Love/Regret**
 Farewell at Midnight / 12 The Happy Couple / 13 Letter to Longing/
15 Sad Flowers in the Morning / 16 Remorse / 17 Recognition in a Market Evening /
19 The Bard and the Queen (Part 1) / 20 The Bard and the Queen (Part 2) / 24 The
Most Beautiful Woman in All of the Land / 27 Tear / 31 A Warm Embrace / 32

**Reflections/Observations**
 Old Lucius / 36 At the Prime of His Youth / 38 Calcutta’
20 / 40 A Tavern in Outer Space / 41 After Ascension / 42 Baptism by Suicide / 43
The Wings of the Stage / 44 The Moment of Escape / 46 Turn of the Century / 48 The
Clamouring in the Poppy Fields / 49 The Image at the Beginning of the World / 50
The Blues Are Playing in a Faraway World / 52 Hallowed Ground / 53 Alone with a 
Raging Current / 54 Guilt / 55 September’s End / 56 Nuclear Winter / 58 A Plea for
Peace / 59