(For every cell, there is a time to live and a time to die. That is what we call Apoptosis; this I tried to apply to human beings as a whole and the result is the following poem)
Death by injury and
Death by suicide
Modalities formalized for
Upward movements dynamic
Mechanical damage
Propagated by machines
Starting from birth
Incubator to start with
Followed by prams
Chased by radio
Compensated by TV
Poked by stents
Appended by dialyser
Propagated by pacemakers.
Leading to inflammation
And damage to the soul
Exposure to toxins
Shrinkage in the thinking
Blebs in the mind
Degrading of high thinking
Breakdown of generosity
Forming the patterns
Events so orderly
Programming soul’s death
Turning the process intrinsic
Withdrawals of signals
Positive all along
Prompting negativity
Make suicide a factor so decisive
Triggering AIDS and
Permuting cancer cells
Demolishing the system immune
Hasten the death, everlasting.


06.04.2008

rajagopal haran

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/apoptosis-of-a-human-being/