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Catastrophe 
 
 
 
tears are shed 
 
and every other day 
 
bloated cadavers are taken out 
 
from overflowing flood-waters 
 
from debris scattered 
 
in earthquake devastated cities villages 
 
 
the story is repeated every year 
 
in Orissa, Bhuj, Latur, 
 
Mexico or Bangladesh 
 
 
 
men and animals 
 
all analogous in disaster 
 
but the politicians identify villagers 
 
andlabel doors 
 
necessities are marked 
 
with party symbols 
 
 
 
while the vultures fight for dead bodies 
 
they fight for the living one’s votes 
 
tears are shed 
 
crocodile tears... 
 
 
rajkumar@mumbai 
 
@Rajkumar Mukherjee

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