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.
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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.
Copyright © Aniruddha Pathak | Year Posted 2020
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