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THE STRANGE SUPPLICATION

Marvellous Aunty, marvellous is thy exposition 
Thy understanding is superb and profound 
Thy assimilation of theology is exemplary 
It mirrors the highest peak of wisdom scaled 
No man, believe me can go further in this regard 
Sure Aunty, thou desreveth instant benediction.

Then grant me Krishna, O 13Varadaraja, Karunamurti 
The state of MISFORTUNE and worries, its off-springs 
Let them come in battalions one by one, or all together 
Let them send their allies-loss, despair and helplessness 
Let them confine and assail me from all sides 
Let them squeeze me to the last drop of blood 
Let them trample me into a ball of pulp 
Let them pulverize me to fine atom less powder 
Let them suffocate me to the last breath 
Yes till ....till

Why art thou faltering and stopping?
What then is there unmentioned yet
What else will remain when one reaches
The last stage of losing breath,
That snaps his ties with the world he lives in
Tell me Aunty, what next .........

Well Krishna, let me be suffocated by such force 
Till left with the last breath to send SOS, crying Krishna 
The accent falls on the last syllable in such a way 
To be stretched and prolonged to the point last 
No No, extended to miles millions, to be precise 
Till it falls on thy tympanums to wake you up ......

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