Wednesday, August 14, 2013

THE SIEGE


PART 1
They arrived from faraway places
by trains, by buses and on foot.
Blockades, of course were there
all hurdles they jumped
reached the city one day before
with enthusiasm and vigour to the brim.
They came listening to
the exhortations of their leaders
with enthusiasm and vigour to the brim.
Their only mission:   Lay siege to the citadel of power
the nerve-centre of the law-making body
where ruling mandarins and
their cohorts lock horns with the opposition.
PART 2
To stem the rot of corruption at
higher echelons they came
to fight against the
evil deeds of the ones
in saddle they came
all at the instance of
their leaders who promised
to bring heaven on earth
to herald a new dawn.
PART 3
Compound wall is circular
compound wall with four gates
North, South, West and East.
The nerve centre, the law making body
too circular
where Ministers and staff are safely enconsced.
PART 4
In thousands they came to lay siege to
the ruling citadel
to block the four gates
to halt the entry of
ministers and employees they came.
In anticipation of riots
police and paramilitary staff kept on vigil
eternal vigil
with lathies, tear-gas shells,grenades and guns
their mission - intimidation of the milling
crowds, unarmed crowds
ready to brave even the bullets.
PART 5
All said and done
it was business as usual
for the ruling mandarins and their cohorts
with the leaders of the opposition themselves
preventing their followers
from laying siege to the
gate,  the main gate through which
the responsible mandarins were allowed to enter
Again, all said and done
to the cheer of the flocking crowds
who shouted slogans and zindabads  
that the siege had ended…
they could return from where they came from.
The flame of siege died without even a whimper at the
end of the day…
pity those milling crowds…  
thus came to an end ‘indefinite’ siege in one day…………

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