Garden of Hades

My garden does not grow on blossoms
but on the words of men,
swaying like so many opinions
in winter's parliament.

(please read caption for the entire poem)

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हैरत है आए दिन ही फिसल जाया करती है

जिनकी ज़बां पलटती नहीं सीन शीन पर

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Lords and the Ignoble
(A Double Tanka)

It was the Lord's feast,
How could an Ignoble groke?
They were so much broke
That their everything proved least
They ended more rage to stoke

Opulence lavish
Ergo, made 'em full famished—
Brute bitter blemish
Whett'd Lord's kakistocracy
Devoid of intimacy.

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The glaikery demonstrated by those who defy the rule of law is a blatant manifestation of kakistocracy.

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Mother's Day... Yesterday
Murderer's Day... Today

Such is the Kakistocracy in Bengal Panchayat Elections...

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