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Paradox

Indunil Madhusankha Hewage

Cemeteries everywhere,
newly cleared plains,
large patches of land,
and a congestion of tombs
from every feet to feet
Graves, concrete clad graves and
tombstones teeming with
beautifully inscribed letters
unveiling heavily coloured accounts
of thanksgiving and veneration

“Our gallant war hero, May you gain
the exaltation of emancipation!”

In expounding worldly life,
I can remember the monk stated
how the repellent sin of homicide
demands deterrent penalties in the hell
The torturer,
his belly protruding as if pregnant,
the two huge teeth like round horns,
ears like cart wheels,
skin as black as tar
Baying fiercely,
he will chop your neck apart
at a single stroke

Despite the unflinching sacrifice,
the truth is,
killers they are,
provoked by whatever means
Murderers attaining nirvana
sounds quite nonsense
Yet these convincing epigrams,
glaring prominent in grave stones
What a paradox is this?

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