For any malaise or malady, with no bar
You jump up and brush us with tar
Even as you are loath to take part
In the positive political art.
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There was a big fatty at Ranchi
Who walked out as his wife snapped, “Paunchy! ”
Up to Kanchi he went
And came back lean and spent.
...
[Viewpoint of an Indian homemaker reeling under the price-spiral]
Earlier going to the vegetable market was unpleasant
Hardy, tiresome, for I had to be a heaving weightlifter.
...
The bouncy gal breezed
into the teeming train.
Hypnotised
...
There was a Crook who’s into small-time crime
So nimble in theft and pocket picking.
He indulged in this guilty job full time;
It’s how he would carry on his living.
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Just you and me
For each other -
We sit face to face
Look into each other’s eyes.
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If books are a bore
Window view is vapid
Talking is trash
Music is muck
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[Brittany Murphy, a 32 year old Hollywood actress and singer, met with a premature death on 20th December 2009. She is suspected to have been a victim of anorexia nervosa and a heavy dose of prescription drugs like Vicodin after she had undergone a series of plastic surgeries. RIP.]
Now the three-score-and-two year old young Brittany Murphy
...
Life is a play and also a war of many a hope;
We should learn with every trouble how to cope.
Every age and stage has its beauty and music;
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