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t was Almaty this time,
A protest over fuel price hike.
IAnd Kazakhstan fell-
a riot for Survival.

Crowds unrest, teeth bared,
Violence innate.
Tear gas canisters-
bullets and bodies.

A cycle that will repeat. Humanity-
Primal instincts overtaken.
Claws and teeth, hands and pickaxes
Survival over democracy.

And a government to be toppled
Will retaliate back, Violence-
the ultimate answer, a tale
the same since the dawn of humanity .
ST.TERESA’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERNAKULAM
Maybe it will be Kerala next
Or Georgia or Lagos.
Be it a protest for food, rights, air-
Blood shall flow, if anything goes.

Just how much more to shed?
To survive? Be free?
A question left for the violence
that takes over.
Parvathi Ajith
III BA Communicative English

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