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People who had seen a scorpion
indeed, seen a scorpion
Ponnar who was in the porch
asked to bring the curry powder
standing behind the walls
When the fish-eyed woman
screamed in a high pitch,
Vaiyiththilingam went
telling he would bring a sword
"The Scorpion that
went into the corner
might think of
spreading its legs toward us"
Velappar said this and
cunningly escaped
When the evening was fainting
the sun also disappeared
Suntharam came slowly, saying:
"Bring the sweeping stick
we shouldn't let it go;
we should kill it off and
I wouldn't be scared a bit"
Looking at the corner
Peoples eyes' were swollen,
Kanagamma aunty came there
to put them in a happy note
"Where is the gasoline bottle?"
she said,
"Bring it here
if you pour it down
any living scorpion
will certainly die
we did the same on
my brother's death anniversary day"
To tell the truth
no one moved a bit.
Lovely
Little girl came back from play
asked what's the matter.
Then she went to the corner and
she pick the shapely scorpion up
with her beautiful hand
Standing there
Seeing that dead scorpion
the warriors' in lip service
lowered their heads down
without a single noise
-Vishnupillai
(Kathiroli Childrens Home)
10/2005
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