On the College Wall

A newspaper cutting on extinct fish

is pasted on the college wall

The ones who pasted it dissolved among the other students

Images of swimming fish are there with the news

Through the pictures plenty of paths open

to the inland ponds and sylvan streams

While looking on, a thought pops up:

Will my race also become such a news tomorrow?

Extinctions have become an inevitable truth on the planet

Some animals are already in the protected list

Even the tiger

As I toddle everyday

when I turn the corner

I weep remembering my race

facing the threat of extinction

(Translated from Malayalam by Ajay Sekher)

 

 

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