CHIRPS AND TWEETS (Satis Shroff)

CHIRPS AND TWEETS (Satis Shroff)

The Haubemeise comes

Looks around in my garden,

Picks a few corns in the bird-house

And flutters away to safety.

Scared of bigger birds,

With sharp beaks

That bite.

A finch tweets on a twig,

Swooped by a pair of talons,

The end of chirps in freedom.

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PARIS: WHERE THE INNOCENT DIE (Satis Shroff)

France versus Germany play 2:0,

Explosions outside the stadion,

Allah-ho-Akbar rings in the air

129 innocent people slaughtered

By bullets from Kalashnikovs,

In the City of Love on  11/13.

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Condolence and prayers

For the Parisians,

Killed in a concert

And elsewhere.

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A dark day for Paris,

Where people enjoy life;

Vive la difference,

Marred by terrorists.

Our prayers are for the slain,

In the world city Paris,

Where 129 people were killed

In the name of IS.

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