What about Bangladesh on the day after the poll? A political poem by Muhammad Haque

By © Muhammad Haque 1825 Hrs GMT London Friday 19 December 2008 is the 28th year of AADHIKAR foundation. AADHIKAR the Weekly was first published on Monday 19 December 1980 from London E1 UK. This online AADHIKAR is being published from London E1 UK. The battle for rights continues
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What about Bangladeshis after the staged election?


By © Muhammad Haque
2220 Hrs GMT London Sunday 28 December 2008

What about Bangladesh?
What about the people?
What about poverty?
What about hunger?
What about famine?
What about Bangladesh?
What about justice?
What about violence?
What about denial?
What about silence?
What about oppression?
What about bribery?
What about corruption?
What about abuse?
What about fear?
What about the tears?
What about the scars?
What about the promise?
What about the betrayal?
What about the soil?
What about the land?
What about the plants?
What about the trees?
What about the air?
What about the wind?
What about Bangladesh?
What about the children?
What about the infants?
What about the mothers?
What about the forgotten?
What about the landless?
What about the rightsless?
What about the voiceless?
What about Bangladesh?
What about the wealth in nature?
What about the wealth of nature
What about sanctity of nature?
What about listening to the land?
What about the cats, big and small?
What about the elephants?

What about the secrecy?
What about the lies?
What about the looting?
What about the crimes?

What about Bangladesh
On the day after the poll,
Will the people feel freer
Or will new darkness fall?
[To be continued]