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No holds barred


I must go as evening settles in
The river bank across the luminous express way.
Those half-naked slum dwellers
Those dirty beggars, hungry stray dogs

And all those encompassing shrouds
Cannot put up any more barricades.

All those shriveled hands and molten eyes
Unseen for so long
Struggling for their existence
Will be taught a strong lesson.

When rain comes I will embrace her dead body
Her face will flush in an unsteady state befuddled
With a dazed grin
Her smile be rushing towards cheek
Erasing all her stagnant sorrows
And abandoned love
She will sing the song of her stormy life.

All those priests showering flowers
And henchmen ready
For the final countdown
Brake up the burnt bones
Laid her out under the starless sky
Lighting up the fire in the burning ghat
Will be shown the door.

I will touch the pyre and fire-burnt skull
Unresisted I will carry her body mass
Into the slate grey river
Wash all her dust and sin
And wade through water
On way to the sacred heaven.

Gopal Lahiri

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