Root Poem by Kanishka SricharanPratap

Round cracker
Blasts:
Would do this... do that...
Blasts and blasts!

Astrologer
calculates:
Zodiac signs... stars
Days and moon
Movement of planets
Seeks and seeks favourable time!

Black-bee
Hums:
If done this... may happen that
If done that... may happen this
Yes or no... yes or no
Thinks forever!

Pillar
Installed into so deep:
Never moves
Strongly holds the earth!

The roots of these four categories
Are World famous,
They are good for nothing.


Translated from Odia by
Subash Chandra Mohapatra