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Memorial
Ashok Niyogi
what struck me first
is how far away
the firing positions were
from the walls with bullet-holes
which now need preserving in wooden frames
rather innocuous
as a backdrop for tourists with digital cameras
such mayhem
must have required good aim
and then I am engulfed in shame
all my life I have tirelessly endeavored
to teach myself and train
that I could pick up the guns
of those that massacred
and learn their language
so that I could write to them