(35) LOVE

 LOVE

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The parrot was ill in the cage,

No movement, no activity of life,

A starling flew and flew around,

Watched his life and death strife.

The master was sure of his death,

Master opened the cage-gate at last,

To let him fly away, for last breath,

Above,in open space,in forest,so vast.

'Parrot may fly away,cage be empty,

To clean it next day,for a new bird',

But a miracle happened in the night,

Inside cage,Life fought a solemn gird.

Little starling was sitting in the cage,

Was feeding the parrot thr' her beak,

Though, freedom was most precious virtue,

Bondage of love,surpassed all  the peak.

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                                              =keshav dubey=

                                                    4-11-2021

                                      www.keshavdubey.com

ANIMAL KINGDOM (13) The Snake's Interview

                       

                      Animal kingdom (13) The Snake's Interview

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Media person was quite alert,
The snake was sitting apart,
He was taking the interview,
Snake was opening his heart.

"---if people see me by chance,
They run away,or forget to walk,
They fear from me,they hate me,
My presence is like electric-shock.

Blind-faith and mystery is my fate,
'Snake and Ladder' game is my life,
Killing snake is curse-people say-
'Revenge is taken by his wife'.

My destiny differ on this earth,
At one place,people worship in haste,
At another,they cut, boil and eat,
A contrast-milk offer,or diet of taste.

My only crime is the fatal poison,
Beware of snake-caution is shown,
Snake is danger-signal for all,
Men prefer earth-worm-without bone

How many snakes have poison?
Without touch, snake-bite,how he can?
How many die of snake-bite?
Compare it with-man killing man.

Men torture and extract my poison,
Medicines are made to save life,
Human poison has only one use-
Making bomb,bullet,sword ,and knife.

Media person stopped the snake,
"Only last question-your personal life.
About your family, about snake-couple,
How you live-your love-life?"

Snake nodded and said with anger,
"No personal question please,
Do not peep into personal affair,
Respect privacy,please don't tease."

But repeated questions annoyed him,
"So you want to know-how we kiss?"
He lifted his head,the man jumped,
There was in air-a sharp 'Hisssss--'

The man ran away,the camera rolled,
Lap-top turned and laid, upside-down,
His orphan hat floated in the mud ,
Man halted,only after entering the town.

Snake said,"These two footed creatures,
Have the habit of peeping inside,
Nudity on our body-in their minds,
They want to expose,all what we hide."
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                                                   (c) keshavdubey
                                                     26-4-2016