A Corrupt Politician Committed Suicide Poem by Rajendran Muthiah

A Corrupt Politician Committed Suicide

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When the corrupt politician
was shut behind the bars,
he roared in anger in a language
couched in figures and metaphors:
" From the cremains of my body,
one thousand of me will be erupting
to serve the cause of the people".

When this one robber single-handedly
looted the coffers of the State
and got graft for the jobs given to the poor,
the people reel in poverty
and the youths die untimely.
"How could this nation face
one thousand of his incarnates? "
This question made one of his followers
sleepless, and in a frenzied mood,
he slit his leader's throat
and cried aloud for his suicide,
saving the judges from the strains
of bending the laws to give him bail.
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COMMENTS OF THE POEM

From the cremains of my body, one thousand of me will be erupting to serve the cause of the people. i loved the rhetoric language.but i found it humorous too. how plagued our system is, in the poem itself, the politician, his supporter and even the judges are culprit in one way or another. the poem should to read by all those who travel in lal batti

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Fabrizio Frosini 20 September 2015

a well penned write, Rajendran, that describes reality.. Pity that the vast majority of corrupt politicians usually manage to get away with it..

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Babalola Adeola 15 February 2012

Hmmm... He has indeed saved the judges a lot of work. A very nice poem telling truth about our society. Thanks for sharing sir

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Pheko Motaung 22 February 2012

A great poem with a very important social message! The corrupt will be punished and if they punish themselves with their own hands the better.It saves the tax payer's money! Think you very much for opening our eyes to the workings of the political mind!

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Kanniappan Kanniappan 19 February 2014

It is a very nice poem and tells the fate of corrupt politicians.

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Britte Ninad 29 May 2018

greatly written- From the cremains of my body, one thousand of me will be erupting to serve the cause of the people great 10++++

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Dr Dillip K Swain 01 November 2017

From the cremains of my body, one thousand of me will be erupting to serve the cause of the people - I call your write as an invaluable piece of creation..Congratulations dear poet

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Babatunde Aremu 06 October 2017

Corruption is enemy to any nation or people and must be tamed. Nice write! Kudos

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Dr Dillip K Swain 01 October 2017

A brilliant poem depicting the naked reality of corruption in society found at the apex! Great!

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Denis Mair 06 May 2016

Amazing story. India is a vast reservoir of stories told and waiting to be told. Every day the newspaper contains material that makes you put your hand on your chest or strike your forehead! When I was in Delhi last year I was amazed by how much was revealed in the papers, having lived in China for the past few years.

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Rajendran Muthiah

Rajendran Muthiah

Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India.
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