Genocide



Hounds that howl and devour the dead
Prowled around for flesh and blood
Hell broke loose –Oh! Wails of pain;
Bullets, bombs and chemical rain

Callous demons in cannibal fest,
Raped the doves and burned their nest;
Stripped the feathers and slit their neck;
Kicked the belly and shot their head.

The proud nation fell to dust;
The world watched them moan and rust.
The demons danced in triumphant fest
And thanked Buddha for their conquest.

(written on the background of the genocide of Tamils in Srilanka)
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Submitted on January 04, 2013

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Scheme AXBB CCDA EECC D
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 495
Words 87
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1

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