Two and Two Three

I can prove

two and two make three.

The present is liestory.

The human face looks like a spoon.

You know –

bills and bills of a hundred

move on in courts, bus-stands and parks –

writing diaries, taking pictures,

completing reports.

Sons are made to rape their mothers

in the ‘Law Protection Centres.’

‘Dacoits’ toil in the fields.

The declaration of accepting demands

is made by dropping bombs.

That loving your own people could mean

spying for the ‘enemy nation.’

And the reward for the greatest treachery

could be the highest seat.

So two and two can make three;

the present could be liestory

and the human face too

can look like a spoon.