Breaking news...

Sharp edges of fonts cut through the morning tea 

Blips and beeps on news sites like cawing crows

disturb the sun blooming in powerful tranquility

Clouds swirling gather on my brows

Genocide straddles murder and student suicide,

Mob parades woman naked

Look up, turn away to what side?

Superior beings...

or are we all just hiding under the greasepaint cracked and caked

Darwin has been long gone

'Survival rights to the fittest'

Yet we gnaw his words to the bone

Kill the neighbour and beat our chest

Tsunami, drought, earthquake and hurricane

Nature teaches well; the almighty muse

We have some time before the final edition

Or prepare to be the breaking news

-Anuradha Venkatnarayan