The State As A Terminator Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

You have no right to kill yourself
But the State has right to kill you.

The state can hang you for the crime,
The rarest of the rare to the judge.

The State can send you to the war,
Where you lay life as a martyr.

The State can otherwise kill you
In a war collateral act.

The State can also shoot you dead
freely in an encounter case.

The State can let loose law ‘nd order
So that you can be killed and robbed.

The State can be insensitive
To frequent custodial deaths.

You have no right to kill yourself
When beset by terminal ills.

The State has power to kill you
Or cause you die against your will.
05.08.2015