THE
BERSERK TIGER
The winter tiger
Leaving the
people shivering
In cold
Says it is the
way of nature
A stray cheetah
Causing panic in
people
Is equally
alarmed
Since losing its
way
It entered the
jungle of men
One untamed big
cat
The zoo staff
With its unbridled
bestiality
Yet there is
another macabre
Maurading,
maniacal animal
The berserk
daunting, tiger
Disintegrating
the nation
Throwing to
doldrums the concept
Of unity in
diversity
Politics, its
paws
The communal
hatred, its fangs
And jingoism its
will
In the havoc
wreaked by
This berserk
beast
Anguishing minorities,
the silent lamb
The demon scoops
out the hearts
Of sheep in
Gujarat
And molests the
nuns in Gujarat
Parades the
religious teachers
Naked in the
city squares
Closing down the
stars of education,
Burning down the
places of worship
Aren’t these the
acts of devil
Ugly and
monstrous.
...PLV Prasad
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