Neruda

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Image of a young Neruda. Representational Image / Public domain
Pablo Neruda's poetry inspired political resistance and social change. Abhay's poem is a tribute to his poetry.

What did my father say
when I showed him
my first poem

what did the pariah Tamil girl say
whom I thought to be
a thousand-year old goddess 

I raped her thinking
it—’the coming together
of a man and a statue.

what did my ailing daughter say
before she died aged eight
in a Nazi-occupied  country



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