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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~