Poem On Elections' Tryst With Power And Privilege

1. Tongue: A Soliloquy 

 Some day, after so 

 Many years later, 

I will surely come  

Carrying my broken self 

On my back, 

Walking across this road 

Once washed with blood 

To look for my tongue 

Lost in the slippery corridor 

Of power and privilege. 

Durga Prasad Panda is an accomplished bilingual poet and critic whose works have appeared in prestigious journals and magazines across the country and abroad