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WAYANAD'S SHRUTI

            Wayanad's Shruti

Unlucky Shruti lived on a hillside
Along with her beloved family
And one day fast the hill did slide
All o'er and, barring her, did bury
Her parents, siblings, others own;
That the disaster left her lone
And she could see as sun next shone.
Is it her triumph over tragedy?

Unlucky Shruti cried lifeless --
A single woman aged twenty --
A good young man felt her distress
And gave her solemn oath to marry.
He went to town for things of wedlock,
But to be kill'd by a speeding truck...
At last a govt. job in her luck.
Is it her triumph over tragedy?
                                                     ©️ N P Samal 

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