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Je Na Sais Quoi

He moans,



"Oh! Calcutta;

Why do you sink?

In cauldron

Of cacophony,

Degrading hoodwinks.



Oh! Calcutta;

Why do you hide?

Behind the monolithic

'Might is right.'



Oh! Calcutta;

Where have you gone?

Emerge from the hiding

Out -- of the bygone.



Oh! Calcutta

The place of my birth

Your vandals go Scot-free

Without any guilty thought.



Oh! Calcutta

You writhe in pain

The potbellies pocket, all in your name."



He demands,

"Hang politics, treacherous intrigues

Return her honour; her stolen glories."

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Written: August 2003

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Rachel  Marie Tate's picture

nice work!

:-)