TALE OF A NUMB PLANET
by Raja PunianiOnce 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- 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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