We cremated my uncle the other day<\/p>\n
Actually we left the body and walked away<\/p>\n
As the cadaver waited in queue.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There was a young girl my daughter’s age<\/p>\n
Who died gasping for breath, her mother<\/p>\n
Waiting soundlessly, was given the body instead.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The shoe-shine boy who made a living<\/p>\n
Polishing our court shoes has disappeared.<\/p>\n
The pandemic took him too.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You can hear the wails of the hopeless<\/p>\n
The tide has come in and the water is poison<\/p>\n
And shapeless things float to shore<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They say masks are now mandatory<\/p>\n
Keep sanitising your hands, get the vaccine<\/p>\n
Stay safe and keep your distance<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How do we distance ourselves from the deaths<\/p>\n
The masks that our voices now have to wear<\/p>\n
Is this now the normal, the common-place?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Is this the future of the human race?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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