THEIR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

At last they fished him out.
Alas, their long-cherished dream
of netting him alive
not materialized.
So what, true to their
vow, they fished
him out at last.
With fire in blood,
With fire in eyes,
With fire in each cell,
they were after him.
You know his men plane-crashed
their twin towers of
WTC ten years back
and 3000 caught under the
rubble which boiled
their blood like anything.
That day they vowed
to capture the culprit
the evil-brain behind
it
vowed to bring him to justice.
They bombarded difficult terrains
the borders of Afghanistan
where he was supposed to be hiding in
safe havens,
alas, lakhs of innocents
lost their lives in the process
in the heavy bombardment
and they still apologise for it
they pray for their souls.
And after ten years
that fateful day came
the big catch
his lifeless body caught in the net.
They rejoicingly trumpetted
the hot news the world over
and celebrated for
the mission accomplished
the dead fish thrown to the fishes
into the ocean
and that was the end
but they know
they have yet to
forge ahead
and
root out the last evil
from the face of earth
and bring permanent calm,
permanent peace, permanent
harmony,
that’s our mission
eternal mission.