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The stage is ready,
Audience is eager to watch you perform,
Script can't be altered,
Either win the hearts or lose the fame.

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Politics is the Jungle.
Parliament is the Circus.
Elections are the Advertisement campaigns.
Educated people are the Audience.
Government is the Ticket Collector.
Tax is the Ticket charged for this Entertainment.

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भीड़ में बैठी मैं
तुम्हें कहती हूं
'तुम्हारी कविता अच्छी नहीं
तुमने नहीं सीखा
इसे कैसे पढ़ा जाना चाहिए।
मैं कहती हूं
'आओ मैं सिखाऊं तुम्हें
कैसे लिखी जानी चाहिए
एक अच्छी कविता।'
तुम्हें देखती
क्रोध और आक्रोश से भरी
मेरी दोनों आखें
झपकती हैं,
देखती हैं एक भीड़
सोशल मीडिया पर
तब भीड़ में बैठी मैं
फिर भीड़ की हो जाती हूं।

- सुप्रिया मिश्रा

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I am a pensive CHEF
That cooks raw thoughts
In the head's pan,
Stir it with an ink spatula
Pour down on paper plates
And serve it to the keen audience
Who love to consume my preparation
And admire its taste.

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For the glory of a spectator,
an artist must go through a hell.

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I am always speaking about you...
with or without an audience.

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Some people come in your life
with drama free of charge.

But you can always vacate
your seat at the audience.

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