Premier’s Poson day dream
by Basil Fernando
[June 27, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian]
Look, he said, this wonderful country
Where no murder ever happens
How uncivilized are
All those other lands !
Cutting of an arm to get the gold bangles
from a travelling woman
Cutting a finger to get a ring
Kidnapping a three year old
To demand a ransom
Rape of Doti’s daughter by a court officer
At Kulutara
Murder in every corner
A body a bag at a road side
Never happened in his ultra-civilized dream land.
Look, he said, this wonderful country
Where no murder ever happens
How uncivilized are
All those other lands !
Cutting of an arm to get the gold bangles
from a travelling woman
Cutting a finger to get a ring
Kidnapping a three year old
To demand a ransom
Rape of Doti’s daughter by a court officer
At Kulutara
Murder in every corner
A body a bag at a road side
Never happened in his ultra-civilized dream land.
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