Saturday, June 19, 2004

QUATRAINS:Them Who Sicken The World.

QUATRAINS: Them Who Sicken The World.


But Tolstoy wrote in a day and age
When privacy still held the edge.
Today we walk in a park and find
The ‘Bush’ behind a hedge.


One man presents the other cheek
And an empire moves.
Another kills to prove his God
And thus his God disproves.


He struck a fire in a million hearts
They killed a million Jews.
He took his life and now another
Another million woos.


They spend their lives collecting land
WINNING! At any cost.
Then search within them for a soul
And weep for a kingdom lost.


“They must not live!” declared fuehrer
“That drag on humankind!”
A classic case of ‘good for man’,
Divinity, sidelined.


Do not get angry, get even!
Go settle all your scores!
It will not harm you, and at the most,
It’ll cause a few more wars.

1 Comments:

At 4:51 AM, Blogger Partho P. Chakrabartty said...

hello.

getting angry leads to getting even.

interesting socio-politiical commentry. this new assmebly of your previous quatrains is interesting.

i want you to check out this brilliant piece by Sylvia Plath on everyone's favourite Father.

http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?
poet=6642&poem=32671

enjoy, copy paste link.

s'long
partho

 

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