Dirge to Humanity
written by: Ipsita Banerjee
@ipsyb
He raped a three year old.
Yes, in a stationary bus.
While her five year old brother
Screamed to let her go, alas!
It did not make the front pages
A rag-picker’s child rarely does.
Some read the news and shuddered,
“Thank God it’s not us”.
And some saw it and said,
“Say a Muslim did it, not us!”
The children got lost in the telling,
Few felt the thrust
Of the knife in humanity
As it fell oozing pus,
The last shreds of conscience
Sad clowns in a circus.
Thank God, it’s not us.
“Thank God, it’s not us!”
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