Why
by Shivshankar Menon
(Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
She was a promising young doctor, he
Was a drug addict and convict
She came to tend his wound, and he
Stabbed her to death with scissors
Surely there must have been some
History to this ? Of spurned love
Or a relationship gone sour ? Not
In the least. Their paths crossed
Momentarily - and that is all."Strange
Are God's ways" ; "blind fate"; "karma"
- Everyone has an answer. But maybe
Some things have no history, no answer
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