Lenin’s statue is dead, by Ananya S Guha

I am not a silent poet

Lenin’s statue

is dead

it no longer lives

in a world where

even statues are

killed.

The triumph of death.

Elections don’t end

in winning, there

must be antidotes to

living

see the skull of a statue

in preparedness of

a funereal choice.

..

Lenin’s statue is dead

the funeral is over

but the curfew to mock

the dead is still on.

Still on.

Lenin’s statue is proven

dead. Only the blood

does not cut stones.

..

(After the dismantling of Lenin’s statue in Tripura India on 6.3.017, as a result of  the electoral defeat of the Left Front government there).

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