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Confetti
S. Nihal Singh
Propitiation rites
You can’t have
a political jamboree
without busybodies
flaunting outsized badges.
Like the bindis
on feminine foreheads,
the extravagant badges
grow bigger by the day.
With big badges
come giant
garlands held
above the leader’s head.
Tons of flowers
in bouquets and garlands
are left to
wither and die.
We must propitiate
our secular gods
with
outsized egos.
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