DEMISE OF DEMOCRACY <br /> <br /> <br />It’s time again to show your strength <br /> <br />Beat your own drums <br /> <br />Blow your trumpets <br /> <br />With false promises <br /> <br />Assure them with non-assurances <br /> <br /> <br />They are forgetful fools <br /> <br />Never remember Nandigram, Singur, <br /> <br />Godhra, Mumbai, Parliament or Trade-Centre <br /> <br />Throw away some doles <br /> <br />They will be happy <br /> <br />Or some free poppy-seeds for boozing <br /> <br />This is nothing but electioneering <br /> <br /> <br />They tend to forget past <br /> <br />History, records of their leaders <br /> <br />Because they are valuable voters <br /> <br />Criminals scam-stars frauds <br /> <br />All are welcome in this bandwagon <br /> <br />Even if the party fails, they win in tons <br /> <br /> <br />The largest democracy or the greatest <br /> <br />All are passing through a test <br /> <br />Why so many bankruptcy, failures <br /> <br />Still they continue their tenures <br /> <br />One great leader once said, ‘democracy is <br /> <br />Of the people, by the people, for the people” <br /> <br />This is now turned into <br /> <br />“Of the fools, by the fools, for the fools.” <br /> <br /> <br /> Rajkumar@Kolkata <br /> 10th April,2009<br /><br />Rajkumar Mukherjee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/demise-of-democracy/
