The resistance that we saw building in India and across the world has melted overnight into a frightened retreat from a menace that for now threatens life itself. But what will follow after the scourge has had its day?
There was a derelict house That nobody would live in. It was possessed by a ghost. Then came a man who said,…
As Corona does its dance Of death, Capital does its work, Celebrities on television Fancy wares hawk. As leaders sell their…
When soldiers go to battle, They have guns in hand. They can see the enemy, They can kill, defend. But, the…
Corona is a dictator With global dominance; What man may speak of anything but Its universal preponderance. The Neros, Hitlers, Stalins…
Dear Corona, I must say You are killing me with boredom. What is the point of being alive When people cannot go…
Corona is a sly assassin In an up–and-down nation. It kills less from partying, More from starvation. Those that rush decrepit…
We are shutdown. There will be no prepared Parvenu face at my door. So I will wear the beloved Tattered shirt I…
If God too is an unseen thing potent Like the Corona cell, Why does He not a virus send— Universally beneficial? …
How I would trade this cloistered comfort for A peopled time and space, Where existence is an immersion In a crowded embrace;…
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