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| Mural by Diego Rivera |
Fascist Rhyme
Forests are being baked
to serve companies coal.
Migrants are being killed
because they're bloody poor.
Students are thrown in jail
as their voice hurts like nail.
Doctors are dragged on roads
for owning a mouth of their own.
Police acts like dummies
as if they are scared of cronies.
Muslims are targeted, attacked
on news channels long sold.
Uncle Namo visits once in a while
to allot tasks, cry and lie.
That's not how Lockdown is for you
You have dalgona coffee to brew.
DEHING PATKAI
Ugly men
strong men
coming to our forest
with cash
and an axe
to cut down
the historical roots
by burning
the home of gibbons
and, the white collars
permitted the decimation
of green
to pull out the black gold
from the womb of land
O, the people
stand up
before the axe
cuts your leg
and speak for
Dehing Patkai
or else
someday
our amazon will be bought
by their amazon
and the government
won't even blink
before selling us.
Five Days
A Rickshawala
soaked all the air
he could
The calls of hunger
un-attended for five days
The jars were empty
as his body stayed
under Lockdown
Enough of the protest
the poor will die
anyway
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