now there is no god but development
and chidambaram is his prophet
so sacred hills must be mined
so sacred forests felled
for the god demands a sacrifice
and it is always a lamb
to slaughter.
take this bauxite
my body
take this coal
my blood
for it is your dharma
to tear it up
your karma
to follow through
for the god demands a sacrifice
and it is always a lamb
to slaughter.
NOTE: for more information on niyamgiri go here. thanks also to subversifpoet for inspiration.
5 comments:
powerful!
I'd love to hear your poems spoken.
and another wow!
@marty: thanks! 've never tried speaking them, maybe i should.
@summer-diary: thanks, and welcome to bottlebroke.
@ruolngulworld: thanks! your regular support is very heart warming. beaten that write-block yet?
nice.. the sacrament and karma wordplay...
said it before but i'll say it again..
following the conditions of the license..definitely gonna pick up one of these poems and do something with them..
@blind: thanks! is also a islamic reference in the first lines, grin.
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