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Gujarat
-2002


by Rooma Mehra
The stench
from
burning flesh
rises
like smoke
from the
cremation
of a
smiling child.
Blood
from dripping
knives
carve wounds
on the
weeping roads
of my country.
At the end
of this tunnel
the Buddha
smiles..
But who will
end
the tunnel?
Worms
eating tunnels
into
gullible minds
Words
eating tunnels
into
gullible minds
Who will
will fill
the tunnel
with the
smile
of Buddha
burnt
in the cremation
of a


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