Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Like a monstrous cephalopod
with tumultuous piston and rod,
from the platform I saw
into the station鈥檚 maw
the Night Mail draw.
From all around me the crush
of passengers made a rush
to the doors of the moving train
prior admittance to gain.
And then on a sudden I heard
a something that twisted and stirred
horror in the deeps of my heart,
terror that had no map nor chart.
It was a human shriek,
inhuman yet that cry
quick to a monse鈥檚 squeak
thinned plaintively,
while wheel after wheel,
cold tornados of steel
thundered by,
and I heard a man inchly die,
pitched across the rail,
beneath the Night Mail,
hacked flesh and battered bone,
and none to mourn.