Man… Thy Name Is Cruelty! Poem by Debasis Chatterjee

War…war goes on for millennia for world's good, for democracy,
Communism, equal rights, UN resolutions, women empowerment,
men's equality, right to people,

war goes in the name of welfare the people, in the name of ending all wars,
political leaderships' unending cries for poor….

war goes on for benefit of 2% of the world's populace so that 98%
get blessed by the Gods' grace, go to heaven or hell quickly,

some unfortunates holding dead babies in their arms….looking up to God, questioning, "are you there? ...if so, where are you now? "…

no answer….only sounds of bombs or gas on schools or hospitals,
annihilating ‘rogue and terrorist' children and women….

don't worry; we'll soon set up an unified first world; there won't be any other world!

all'll become Orwell's pigs and enjoy merrily freedom of pigs, unless, of course, they ban pigs also from existence;

war! hatred! murders! !
men are not men…no communities other than to
our liking is welcome… so, we throw out the Rohingyas, because they
are poor, helpless, will disappear quietly, easily without creating any ripples in the world's GDP.

So identify such people and drive them out to extinction so that 2% can live with conscience with luxury with lasting peace.

But remember, these leaders and the 2%: History has seen all…your
destructive power and also your annihilation; she has seen your rise
time and again…seen you guillotined by people also time and again…

So, Attila the Hun to Hitler to Stalin to MaO Tse Tung to Gaddafi to Khomeini to Laden to IS to Assad to Trump to Putin rise, killing millions and millions as if in competition;
only to be spat at centuries later, only to be obscured at the foot
notes of History in terms of extent of genocide you commit!

So, you won't win, whatever you do… killing people in the garb of
anything won't serve your purpose…dividing the world in your favor
won't materialize just like it did not after the WW II.

but forget about all this… go on killing spree… and hasten your
downfall as quickly….
we the people are waiting.

they''ll never bid a "A Farewell to Arms", because they love arms too much;
after all, billions are efficiently killing the millions!

But, Remember: we, the "Wretched Man on Earth"ll be the last word…
not your laughable rhetoric, not power, not your missiles and guns.