{"id":87335,"date":"2013-05-18T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T19:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=87335"},"modified":"2013-05-21T17:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T12:27:28","slug":"mullivaikkaal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mullivaikkaal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mullivaikkaal"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Mahesan Niranjan<\/a><\/span>\u00a0–<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Prof Mahesan Niranjan<\/p><\/div>\n

An intriguing day,<\/p>\n

this eighteenth of May.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Between Devils and deep sea yonder,<\/p>\n

men, women and children<\/p>\n

hiding three feet under.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Comforting in embrace,<\/p>\n

then the blasting of a grenade.<\/p>\n

Screams of agony,<\/p>\n

then silence so deadly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>From those bunkers they lay,<\/p>\n

makes this atheist pray.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With the end of the Fascist,<\/p>\n

the new dawn we toasted;<\/p>\n

With strength of Leadership,<\/p>\n

of a new plan we boasted.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now what can we show,<\/p>\n

for all that gore?<\/p>\n

Pretty lovers\u2019 benches<\/p>\n

on Diyawanna shore.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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