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Haikus
my inaccurate indulgence in this irresistible poetic form
For you, My love
Some say my love, there’s a time for love
An occasion to assert, and to proclaim
For me, my love, there’s none to resolve
Nothing to validate, or rename
Love Me, I’m a Liberal (Remixed)
Colonel Gaddafi or Bradley Manning
Who dares terrorize our invincible might
Freedom we love, so freedom we’re granting
We define wrong and right, and freedom’s limit
Reclaiming Roots
Harlem’s burning, Paris in flames, London defeats alleged rioters
Class wars lost, Zapatista censored, Maoists shot in street corners
By Any Means
Are revolutions half-won? Cause the war’s always on
When the privileged surrender, do they ever mourn?
Struggles in Vain?
In the name of justice how many Mississippi Sisters
How many Mumias, Cuban Five, political prisoners
When will have Guantanamo served its purpose
Will the new year liberate conscience of its shackles
Binayak Sen
India is bleeding, oh my motherland in pain
Her comrades are dying, their revolutions in vain
Assange! Assange!
You blew the lid off their secret chambers of horror
Their dirty games of wars, you the uncensored narrator
They can ban WikiLeaks, they cannot ban our conscience
Let them impose atrocious bills, they cannot stifle our minds
Enough Already
Environmental concerns lip-served by business interests
Mountains ravaged, peoples displaced, plundered forests
Insidious attempts at defining freedom, political liberties
Minorities oppressed amidst democratic Colacracies
Workers’ Rhapsody
Fighting war, fighting war
Homeless once more, fighting war
Shelters full, fighting war
Tanks so cool, fighting war…
Fellow Decent Human Beings...
Shed our blood, or theirs
Lives lost are of human race
War on the East or against the West
Casualty is troubled peace…
Lest We Forget
Ides of March sanctions Iran Civilians
In April, 200 killed by US-Iraqi militants
Lebanese die in dozens during May clashes
Come June, Israeli prez free of rape charges
Lebanon Kills
Lebanon kills our pride in our identities
as we stoically listen to
blatant propaganda against Islam.
Lebanon kills our amicability
the moment we buy into
media definition of terrorism.