(the cure for forty death-dealing cells)
T.Wignesan
Impotent at birth
Impotent at death
and
only somewhat potent in between
why
were you born without your own consent?
What was the karmic guilt of
my first birth?
and
what about those first maimed in the
mind
crippled
in the womb
eaten by meningitis
by herpes
by syphillis
by aids
what
are their chances of mending their karma?
And what about that baby born without a brain?
How is it to be blamed for not giving its organs to some transplant
bank?
Who cares if you live on?
If you die
who cares?
and for how long?
Does one have to care?
© T.Wignesan,
1992
[from
the collection : back to background material, 1993]
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