Wednesday, 4 June 2014

May Redness


Come May
and there’s greeting
in cloth and color
beret berating
the redness of defiance
defined and ill-defined;
come May
there’s flag and slogan
regurgitation and coinage
replaying of old themes
and words that seem new;
come May
and there’s redness
rising above man and market
flying over rally and march
as predictable
but ever so fresh
newer than other seasons
of protest and ritual
thankfully.


[Inspired by the photography of Ravindra Dharmatilleka]

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