BADRI RAINA | Caravan Daily
Good books say God made us all
Equal to the toes;
Yet He gave us differing babbles,
And a plethora of hues.
Liberals who think less of God
Applaud this plural spread,
But God’s own children, the nationalists,
Turn brimstone red
At this chink in the Absolute
That all should not be white,
Speaking one ordained tongue,
Feeding on a common prescribed diet.
Priest and Mullah and Panditji
Manufacture explanations;
But nationalists cannot quite contain
Their uncomprehending frustrations
At God’s reckless spawning of
A diverse universe;
This makes God a democrat—
What on earth is worse?
This may be why the nationalists
Must raise a God-Substitute—
A Numero Uno above, beyond
Parliament and Statute.
And is this why they do not last
Beyond a brutal season;
Proclaiming God, they contradict
The Democracy of His Reason.
