Country Songs for 15 Oct: Haiku Style, Manipuri Kok

The king loves joyrides

And his jesters drive, delight

And the kingdom conks!

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Oktober Fifteen

Thy kingdom come and be done

Thy country be fucked

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No country for me

No country for the homeless

No land for fuck's sake

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Country songs ain't these

No rock, no pop, no nothing

Hear silent noises

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Annual affairs

Bandhs, curfews, general strikes

The national days

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We can run errands

We can feast on 15 Oct

—They blame each other

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There is some magic

In chappatis, in pickles

In Indian air

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