TALE OF A NUMB PLANET
by Raja Puniani
Once upon a time
There was a nice young girl
She used to be a
Beautiful
Stunning
Gorgeous planet
She was so cute
That
Comets were driven crazy after her
Shooting stars would tease her
Every night
Even the distant galaxies would
Gaze her possessively
Stars would fight with each other
To marry her
And aliens tried in vain
To kidnap her
She is getting old now-a-days
Getting dry
Getting dull
She is
About to die
Numb she was
She was
Raped by
A mad star
During an obsessive epoch
Of hunger and thirst
Oxygen-
-Water-
-Amino acid-
L-I-F-E
Prodigal sons of Sun
Today
Loiter around wittily
In search of
Nirvana
Sucking the blood
Of illegitimate mother planet
She
Doesn’t shed tears
Nor she cries aloud
She is neither hungry today
Nor thirsty
She has nothing to get
Only to give
And give
And to give away all
She still gives
To her prodigal offspring
What she holds
Inside her
Pale body
When she was a charming girl
Planet had posted
A letter
About her dreams
Stamped with love
To a distant planet
She still sees
That alien planet
In her dreams
Every evening
Her prodigal sons
Return home drunk
It’s cheap and common-
Every home sells
Toxic wine of civilization
Served with
Snacks of blind development
Old deserted planet-
She has nothing to win
Only to lose
She is brave
She has nothing to worry about
She is comfortably numb
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