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By
Sheshu Babu
Abode of Death
(Mass executions ordered by Egyptian Court)
Where people are ruled by tyrants
Their court delivering justice
Is an abode of death
Every person arrested is charged with treason
And every verdict delivered orders execution
No place for review and no thought of mercy
No one can raise any controversy
A land of Arab spring
Has lost its sting
And has turned into a place
Where ‘Guillotine’ occupies space
‘Lunatic’ prisons
(Karl Taylor, diagnosed with delusional disorder and paranoid personality disorder housed in Sullivan for prisoners’ sudden death…. US Prisons have a Mental Health Crisis, November 27, 2018, Democracy Now)
No one is a criminal
Until he is proved guilty of a crime
But here, he is tortured
For years, incarcerated
Physically humiliated
Mentally harassed
He is left to wither away
Till his senses go astray
Face excruciating death
Relieving himself from this wretched birth
In the world’s greatest democracy
Prisoners’ lives have no decency
This is a travesty of justice
A horrific heavy price
Sheshu Babu
The writer from anywhere and everywhere is interested in the betterment of the whole world. Whenever the writer ponders on the question ‘who am I?’ He finds response from Bhupen Hazarika lyric (Bengali),’Ami ek Jajabor’ (I am a gypsy).
Some works have appeared in Countercurrents.org, Dissidentvoice.org, Counterview.org, counterview.net, Velivada.com, etc.
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