Stage

 

Rajendra Nagdev

 

People are falling

People are Knocking

People are colliding

People are throwing

hands and feet

in the air,

this was destined to happen

they are merely headless bodies

and there are voids

in their chests

through which

you can see clearly.

 

Long back

some people

had come

attired in long flowing robes

and said

they had descended

from the sky,

they also said

were taller by a few fingers

than all,

were well-wishers of all,

all agreed

and bowed their heads in reverence.

They said, we are well wishers

So, thinking and seeing is now'

our duty,

What will you do

with this mind?

What will you do

with this eyes?

Give them to us.

All detached their heads

unburdened their shoulders,

while departing

they did something more -

operated upon

the region

a few fingers down the throat

on the left side of chest,

extracted something

in the shape of a Leaf

and put it

in their bags.

 

Since then

in this vast desert

headless bodies are wandering

dashing against one another

bathing in the blood

Living in the blood

dying in the blood

falling down

and pulling others down.

 

Those who had taken

their heads and left

had infact, not gone anywhere

but are still hidden here

behind the bushes

watching mad play of the headless bodies

on the vast stage.

 

And do you hear

those chocked voices

emanating from

the severed throats in the prison?

these are the few

who had been awake

through days and nights

and had asked them

to give back

their detached heads.

 

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