The Year of Sound and Fury

The year 2020's ready to leave, Need there's to feel bereaved, nor grieve; The year of meagre earnings, That came with many yearnings; The year that taught us New Normal, We hardly when knew the Old Normal; That put us on to 'road not taken' Ere, and left most of us nigh shaken; The year of 'more sound and fury, Signifying nothing' hoary; The year we'd bread, jobs, nor yet action, But ample sarkari distraction; And yes, if we felt loss of voice, We had a loud TV-turned noise- Noise that told us: global greatness Has been true 'Atma-nirbhar-ness; That, dissent is sedition, hate- New terrorist against the state; If 'last year's words be last year' language, Let next year be the voice of a new page. __________________________________ Tongue-in-cheek /26/12/2020 Poet's Note: Now that the year 2020 at last on its way out, some good-hearted humour should not hurt any - year 2020the least let me apologise for using some famous poetic lines rather out of context.