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Tasneem Nasrulla

JUST DON'T GAPE ! DO SOMETHING ABOUT RAPE !

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Poetry

"JUST DON'T GAPE ! DO SOMETHING ABOUT RAPE !"

THE VICTIM CALLS "HELP HELP" AND OH NO ! IT IS YET ANOTHER RAPE,
SOON THE MEDIA WILL HAVE IT ON IT'S RECORDED TAPE.

MOST OF THE TIMES NOBODY HEARS HER YELL,
AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE WORST THAN THAT IN HELL.

SHE HAD PULLED A GOOD FIGHT,
CAN ANYONE IMAGINE HER TERRIBLE PLIGHT!

SHE SUFFERS IN SILENCE THE TERRIBLE PAIN,
HOPING THAT HER EFFORTS DON'T GO IN VAIN.

THE INVESTIGATION IS IN FULL BLOOM,
THE GIRL'S LIFE IS NEARLY AT IT'S DOOM.

THE CULPRIT AT TIMES ESCAPES IN THIN AIR,
AND THE GIRL IS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO CARE.

HUNDRED OF QUESTIONS ARE OVER & AGAIN POURED ON HER FROM ALL SIDES,
WHILE SHE PULLS DOWN A DUPATTA FOR HER FACE TO HIDE.

NO SOFT WORDS CAN DRY HER TEARS,
BUT SHE DEFINATELY WOULD LIKE TO KILL HIM WITH A HUNDRED SPEARS.

SOON SHE GATHERS STRENGTH AND FOR JUSTICE THE DOOR BANGS,
WILL EVER THE COURT BE READY TO THE CULPRIT HANG ?

THE PROTESTORS SOON WITH THEIR RALLIES IN STORM,
AND THE POLICE SAY DON'T CROSS THE NORM.

PLEASE IN SUCH CASES DO NOT EVER THE GIRL BLAME,
FOR THIS IS AN EXCUSE IN OUR PATRIACAL SOCIETY WHICH IS LAME.

AT TIMES HE IS PROVED A MINOR AND AT TIMES INSANE,
WHY DOES THE CULPRIT HAVE THESE WORDS IN GAIN?

WHAT IS IT THAT TURNS THE MAN INTO A TERRIBLE BEAST?
WHO ONLY THINKS ABOUT HIS GOD FORBIDDEN DIRTY FEAST.

LET THE CULPRIT'S PUNISHMENT IF EVER, BE EXTREMELY HARD,
AND LET IT BE IN BOLD ON HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE CARD.

WOMEN LEARN KARATE,EQUIP YOUR SELF WITH PEPPER SPRAYS,
AND MAY GOD SHOW US MANY OTHER WAYS.

THE CRIME OF RAPE IN LAST 4 DECADES IS ON A MOUNT,
WILL THE GOVT. DO SOMETHING OR ONLY GIVE A COUNT?

BY TASNEEM NASRULLA

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