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Pieces of Mahatma

we come in peace we are rent to pieces pieces of beads we offer pieces of soul we barter barter is fine with us barter your beads for our gold gold is our guide gold is your god god we bring to you god was always there there is a distant king there is our king kings are not for you you lie and you cheat you must serve our lord lord be praised lord will save you pagans pagans converted pagans are our burden burden to whip burden and dogs dogs and Indians not allowed dogs and pigs pig's fat in cartridges pigs are eaten as pork pork is anathema pork grease smoothens bullets bullets will be fired now bullets fired in revolt revolt for freedom revolt against company company go home company of east india india wants freedom india our crown jewel jewel you stole jewel of the east east rose the sun east was the strife strife till 1947 strife suppressed suppressed no longer now suppressed struggled for freedom freedom under gandhi gandhi and ahimsa gandhi the mahatma mahatma and freedom mahatma and india india freedom

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Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 6/16/2016 12:55:00 PM

Hi Karam, what a great piece this is! Congratulations and a 7 on a wonderful win!

Karam Misra
Date: 6/16/2016 10:00:00 PM

Thank you, Pandita. ~karam~

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 6/10/2016 11:33:00 AM

This is very powerful. Congratulations on your win. The "pork grease smoothens the bullet" sums it up for me, the ignorance and utter disrespect of humanity. And it does lead all the way to freedom, as Dineen pointed out...Well done.

Karam Misra
Date: 6/10/2016 11:42:00 AM

Thank you, Kai. ~karam~

Dineen Williams Gault

Date: 6/10/2016 11:17:00 AM

Such a well composed blitz, loved how one line flowed seamlessly into the next, all the way to freedom. Congratulations!

Karam Misra
Date: 6/10/2016 11:40:00 AM

Thank you, Dineen. Tried to capture the essence of the fight against colonialism. ~karam~

Sara Chansarkar

Date: 6/9/2016 2:18:00 PM

Congrats Karam, was this supposed to be a blitz contest?

Karam Misra
Date: 6/9/2016 9:27:00 PM

Thank you, Sara. Yes it was for the race/relations/colonialisation contestof Marugo MO in blitz/bballad form. ~karam~

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 6/9/2016 10:46:00 AM

Congrats Karam, on your placement with this awesome piece!! ;-)

Karam Misra
Date: 6/9/2016 11:03:00 AM

Thank you, Teddy. ~karam~

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 6/9/2016 7:31:00 AM

Well expressed! Congrats.

Karam Misra
Date: 6/9/2016 10:35:00 AM

Thank you, Richard. Your's was a wonderful read also. ~karam~

Karam Misra
Date: 6/9/2016 10:13:00 AM

Thank you, Richard. Your's was a wonderful read also. ~karam~

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/21/2016 5:24:00 PM

wow, Karam, this is a very creative way to do Bllitz form. I think you did a really good job here.

Karam Misra
Date: 5/21/2016 9:15:00 PM

Thank you, Andrea. This is my first attempt at this form. And I tried a sort of encapsulation of the usual route of colonialism - trade, religion, supression, uprising, struggle for independence and finally freedom. Hope no political sensitivities are ruffled. ~karam~

Tom Quigley

Date: 5/17/2016 10:41:00 AM

Heartfelt and informative. Enjoyed!

Karam Misra
Date: 5/17/2016 8:48:00 PM

Thank you, Tom. ~karam~

Jill Spagnola

Date: 5/17/2016 3:20:00 AM

solid 7 Karam!!...freedom is everything...peace & lightness, jill

Karam Misra
Date: 5/17/2016 9:31:00 AM

Thank you for you visit, Jill. Glad you liked my poem. ~karam~