He made sparklers
With the stars,
And wrote her name
In the sky,
By twirling the stars around.
It's a shame though
That the clouds covered
The sparklers in the sky,
And her name was gone.
And then came the deluge,
I know not,
Off the skies,
Or, off her eyes.
Not all evil has gone, O Ram,
Not all evil has gone.
Evil hasn't extinguished itself:
It made one go with blood in her eyes,
Others may go just by fasting,
Least help them break their Fast, O Ram,
Give them a break, My Lord.
Kill the Evil with your little finger,
And give the Evil pause.
You know all too well, O Lord,
Not all evil has gone.
There are wrinkles in the sky,
Wrinkles that are hard
For God to iron out,
And, the sky is smooth no more.
Not everyone gets the same sky,
Some get a warped sky,
Some a sky too blue.
Some get a sky too high,
Some a sky too low.
Some say, there's been a sky quake,
Still, not too late for me to wake.
Five killed, scores injured. This wasn't a stampede in a religious congregation event. This wasn't a creaking railway footbridge that gave way. This wasn't a stampede due to change of platform in a railway station that awaited an arriving train. These were spectators watching an air show put up by the Indian Air Force. No, there wasn't a mishap or a crash of any of the airplanes doing display. These were enthusiastic folks trying to exit after catching a glimpse of the aerobatics over a Chennai beach.
This wasn't even a stampede as we know a stampede. Folks died due to dehydration and heat, as per reports. In how many ways can unsuspecting people die?
Aphorisms of Alfred E Neuman of the Mad comic strip are legion. Some of them are given below:
"Medical insurance is what allows people to be ill at ease!"
"How come stealing from one book is plagiarism, but stealing from many is research?"
"Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day!"
"America is still a land of promise, especially during a political campaign."
"Most people are too lazy to open the door when opportunity knocks!"
"Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for and politicians find out what people will fall for."
"These days, the only time politicians tell the truth is when they call each other a liar."
The last of the quoted aphorisms - These days, the only time politicians tell the truth is when they call each other a liar - may not be entirely true.
I'll stick out my neck and say, the other times when politicians are telling the truth is when they say, 'I'm a liar'. If such an utterance were not true, then politicians would be truthful all the time.
The other night,
The new moon blocked the sun,
And created an eclipse,
And, it changed many fortunes.
A little nothing changed fortunes,
A shadow threw a shadow -
Some came under the umbra,
Some under the penumbra,
Some remained in the Light.
