Landlines are up.

Normalcy is on the way.

Soon other things will follow,

As they learn to obey.

 

Schools are open too.

The children may not be there,

But no normalcy can be lasting

Without an element of fear.

 

The trust of the people will be won

Through propagation.

And, if that does not work,

Through the pellet gun.

 

Any  child would scream

When his toys are destroyed;

So, having lost status, they

May not be overjoyed.

 

But they will see how normalcy

Will leave them unencumbered

When their burdens are lessened

By being out-numbered.

 

The land and the forests—

They are our eternal pride;

People come and go,

The nation must abide.

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