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My daily poem Feb 06, 07, 2004
PRETTY WOMEN
mom never felt easy about
sister's near-perfect face.
so much she has heard about pretty women
getting the lose deals of the world.
starting from her favourite drama
about legendary beauty Tang Dynasty's
Yang Qui Fei the concubine
who was offered a rope to hang herself for leading the emperor astray from duties.
And signing herself onto quite similar fate
our very Diana who twenty odd years walked
so graciously down the aisle with the man
whom she thought loved her only to wake up
with a shattered fairy tale dream in
the coldest palace in the world.
And Marilyn Monroe, the sultry goddess
of the silver screen, ran from one man
to another looking for a security that
always eluded her. Opportunists used and traumatised her - all for the premium features she possessed.
pretty women, what hideous traps those
beauty features hide. i understand what
mom meant when she said the world is
full of ugly men and pretty women usually
turn out to be their victims.
POEM TWO:
human thrives
those alive should call for celebrations
each year for their place
in this fragile world
remember the black death
that claimed half of europe
and now sars has come to remind us again of
our vulnerable constituents
that could break down
anytime against any virus
that succeeds to mutate to escape our defences
and the fights we have against each other
our colours, our creeds
are manifesting themselves in Iraq,in terror,
the human race should find
the world a battlefield in
its own aggression and
viruses of similar behaviour
