Sudipta Mishra, Puri, 20 January 2024
A doll was there, so beautiful
pretty eyes and lovely lips
Then came a man
Master in the art of stagecraft
He played with the puppet
The dummy obeyed its master
Everything went well
The magic was lauded by all
The roly-poly toy became everyone’s favorite
In the World of Deception,
The doll played so well
It swayed with the blowing air
Never did it disobey the commands
It rose to fame
With golden wings
To touch the sky
Suddenly the strings were cut
The master died
Now, the doll was in foul hands
The dumb doll failed to listen to the multiple voices
Nobody loved the voiceless, poor fellow
Now, the mute doll is left in a glass case
With drooping eyes,
it greets everyone at the doorstep
Nodding its head in a slightly tilted face!
