Children ( After Kashmir)
—poem by Ananya S Guha

Close in the barracks
they are pelting bullets
not stones
take the women away 
they are pelting bullets 
not stones
arm the men 
they are pelting bullets
not stones
tell the children to remain inside
so that they do 
not become blind 
pelt stones.
Children love to play.


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Ananya S. Guha lives in Shillong, INDIA.