THE TORTURE

POEM

Marshalling all his

vigour and strength

the burly, tall police officer

with clean shaven face and thick

moustache, dealt heavy blows

one after another

over the emaciated man, 

and the former kicked

and kicked the poor man until he fell on

the floor and stamped

his boots  on him

until he vomited blood,

urinated blood and the

stool contained patches

of blood and lost his consciousness.

The sturdy police officer

stormed out with

blood-shot eyes and rough face

which could frighten anyone entering there.

The ‘principled’ officer

did have a mistaken

notion that in the society we live in

there are thefts, robbery,

underworld goons, murders,

bribery, corruption and such crimes.

But when the police

officer was caught with his pants down

while he was accepting

bribery from a man

hailing from a middle class family

by the senior officers

and the police officer was served a

suspension order pending inquiry.

Then came instances of him

accepting from various complainants

and on finding him guilty

he was served with the termination order.

With all the skeletons tumbling out

he was left with no choice.

Meanwhile the poor and innocent man

who was charged with theft was

breathing hard and

on finding him on the verge of death

the senior police officers

rushed him to the hospital……