Say you, where will you
With your Miangiri,
Where will you
With your Hindugiri?
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How do they play the wooden musical instrument
Like the bagpiper
And how do the cobras crawl
Out of the bamboo baskets
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The ragged men as the novice critics
Of Indian verse in English,
The ragpickers of literature,
I mean the Indian babas,
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A lover's heart
Only a lover can feel it,
Understand.
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Anna fasting publicly,
Rehearsing in the theatre of Gandhi,
The gait and antics
Under the shadow of his photo,
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Those who can fire on the Buddhas,
The Bamiyan Buddhas
Can definitely
On the innocent school children,
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AAP, Aam Aadmi Party activists
Just as a foil to major parties
Enacting a street play,
holding a nukkad sabha,
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Lallu, a Bihari villain
From the countryside
With a lathi in hand
And an unlicensed pistol,
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I love you,
I love you
Is just a drama.
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Valentine's Day,
Leave you not behind
With the wept dews on the roses.
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