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Courtesy: http://www.realcourage.org . A screaming unwanted child when he was born An offshoot of municipal rag-ring A penalty paid by some innocence For a trespass or somebody’s necessity…. The strains of blood on him Won’t give out his parentage. When our delicate etiquette had turned their backs Throwing blankets of silence on his first cries,…

Cerebrations linger anew without day-break, The look from under the old eyelids Throws no fresh light, All along the way … the clothes doffed yesterday. Washed out colors  reveal no new meanings. Letters won’t shed their wonted winding ways. There is always a want  … for new connotations. Nobody appreciates the jaded mural inscriptions On…

My last respects to the feet visible on the funeral bed This touch is the last memory of Daddy for all his life. *** Daddy! Daddy!! Did your sins agonize? Or your telltale hand on mother’s neck torment you as wounds? Ineluctable throes Before heart rests or life ceases! How moving was your wailing unable…

. I hereby ban your dreams Your ideas And your ways Peace must prevail in the state! From now on, nobody should agitate. I ban food and clothing for the indigent. Those with ‘Siamese’ belly and back Only abet disturbances; They all flock together and raise revolutions Keep them away from one another And plant…