Response Poem 1- Prabahan Shakya
Response to 'At My Museum'
by Agha Shahid Ali
by Agha Shahid Ali
But in 2014 A.D India
who cast vote to the holy(loud) puppeteer?
who cast vote to the holy(loud) puppeteer?
No one else waged war
Between soldiers and slaves.
Between soldiers and slaves.
The puppeteer knew this,
softening the curves of his voodoo dolls
with a piece of sandpaper
stained with a drop of old blood,
stained with a drop of old blood,
while the rest scrubbed floors
and hunted meat owning meat
and hunted meat owning meat
as the saffron fields
lay unharvested in Kashmir.
lay unharvested in Kashmir.
But we're all grateful the puppeteer
fights(flies) for us as we sleep
fights(flies) for us as we sleep
the devil who played the advocate
for our mandate
for our mandate
in what could've been a jubilent spring
in Godhra.
in Godhra.
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