OPINION: A POEM

The suit for the big brothers will not fit…
S.Jeyasankar


The scapegoats of
Politics of democracy
Bow your heads down
And bend your spines
As much
And give room
To make yourself
As seasoned oxen
And drag the burden of
The “civilized” and the “democratic”

The scapegoats of
Politics of democracy
Keep your heads down
From getting hits
But beware
Not to get scratched noses

The scapegoats of the
Politics of democracy
Bend your spines
Like curved bows
Pulled to its full
As in the hands of
The angered heroes of epics
Incarnated to establish justice

But beware of the breaking point
And keep yourself alive
Not only to eat and ease
But to make yourself aware
The democracy of the majorities
Will not fit to the minorities


March 2009