If , perchance and in all innocence

If , perchance and in all innocence

I happen to look at the sky

They will measure the elevation of

my sight

The mud in my foot-prints

they will get tested in a laboratory

to uncover the pattern of

the lines of my songs

- Cherabandu Raju

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Image : Footpath in My Lai 

Lcking the boots of barons

Licking the boots of

barons of opportunism

you  have built mansions

in their shade

Before their foundations crumble

I want to send you.

Not  to the prison, no,

but to the butcher’s shop. 

- Cherabanda Raju