Integral Parts

A Fulbright Scholar and PhD from Madison, Wisconsin, Badri Raina taught English literature at Delhi University for four decades. He has several collections of poems, essays and translations to his credit besides "Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth"

By Prof. Badri Raina

18 July, 2016

Integral Part by Prof Badri Raina
Integral part requires Police and pellets; Integral people could Do without bullets. Integral part implies Boundary overrides blood. Integral people means We too die when you Are dead. Integral part says Forget the promises We had made; Integral people say We are betrayed. Integral part yells Lump it or die; Integral people cry, cry, cry.
Integral part requires
Police and pellets;
Integral people could
Do without bullets.
Integral part implies
Boundary overrides blood
Integral people means
We too die when you
Are dead.

Integral part says
Forget the promises
We had made;
Integral people say
We are betrayed.
Integral part yells
Lump it or die;
Integral people cry, cry, cry.

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