Dear wife of Prithu

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Dear wife of Prithu,
Do you feel any different now

From those days when you fell at those lotus feet,

Complaining about all the vile kings
Who exploited you

Once the crown was the law
Now the law tries to be the crown
But both coated with

A sprinkle of loopholes and
A layer of dubious personality

The battlefield is twittering
              And warheads are
              Ones and zeroes

Like King Prithu chased you,
And you ran in the form of a cow,
Until he milked you

And impressed you enough

That you took your name from him

You'll be milked again
To salvation or death,
Both arms of peace.

~Ajay
30/11/17

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/N- Wife of Prithu is prithvi-the earth

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