The Amputated Leg Poem by Swamidhason Francis

The Amputated Leg



A human leg it is! With senses numbed the village stood around the dump;
It’s a curse! Righteous path we diverted, in shiver, the devotees driveled;
A dog might have dragged it, in what’s app, the android fingered techie drooled;
Consult the occultist, shouted the stout village chief and all became dumb.

Mumbling Sanskrit lines, the temple priest came with Ganges water to damp
The rumbling evil with a sprinkle; Holding their breath tout like Chiseled
Idols stood the village as he summoned the deities reciting mantras unrivalled;
‘Sacrifice one leg of pet or cattle per family to our goddess in her holy ramp, ’

Pronounced the priest, in bold piety; they heard him in rapt devotion.
Then came the info youth at the cutting edge of both tech and culture
With police personnel and a dog to sniff out the path of the offenders;

The crisp kakis deftly parceled the amputated leg without any emotion
Off to forensic probe, pilfering the priest’s fee with their faith and culture;
And the dog barked at the careless Nurses, for dumping the leg without defenders.

5/7/2015

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The news report of an amputated leg carelessly put in the dump by hospital staff triggering a murder investigation in the US, inspired me to pen this poem.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Swamidhason Francis 07 May 2015

On reading the poem, the first thing that caught my attention is the neat rhyme scheme adhering to a sonnet in the Miltonic pattern. Concerning the theme and its treatment the poet mixes both ends of the village culture which reels under superstition and accommodates modern thinking.The plight of the villagers, the domination of the powerful, the exploitation by religious priests, the attitude of the youth and the state law et all are superbly presented through a poetic narration that will linger in the minds of the readers for a long time. Please write more.

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Swamidhason Francis

Swamidhason Francis

Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
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