A national distraction
A national auction
Your money for your patriotism
Your hand on your heart
Feet on clouds of fervour
Head completely emptied
Cocooned by propaganda
Cushioned by heart’s-talk
Robbed of all volition
A slave to wild hope
And daydreams of destiny
Craven, coward, compliant
Complicit in a conspiracy
Masquerading as a country
Pic: Courtesy The Morung Express
Jayaprakash Satyamurthy lives in Bangalore. He writes various kinds of corporate content for a living. He also writes fiction. He plays the bass guitar for a band and he and his wife Yasmine work for causes they believe in, support hordes of cats and dogs, and each other’s many dreams. Jayaprakash also maintains a sporadic blog at http://aaahfooey.blogspot.com