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Frogs in boiling pot
Bees without beehive
Bugs to be crushed

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Pool of blood on the street
Collapsed buildings
Ash blows in the air like confetti

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Answers to the melody of Azaan
Dances in the red and white carnival
Wears Bashonti flowers
Smokes in folkfests
Recites Rudro in Lit fests

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 Knows the landscape burns a little more everyday
Reads about growing GDP
Celebrates births and mourns in bereavement

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Juxtaposes happiness with the happiness index
Like the red and green on the flag

Day 23

Photo Credit: Wikimedia commons, by Abdul Momin