Survival

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Abrasive ocean

Handful of whales

Lost survival hopes

 

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Prompt - Loss, Abrasive, handful 

Storm...

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Descent was

Escorted by a

Sensible guide,

Coordinating the

Ever

Notorious and

Tenacious group.

Surreal and

Unpredictable were the

Rowdy and

Rich

Ensemble of the

August mountaineering

League.

Killer storms

Intercepted and

Lynched the

Lazy laggards. 

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Prompt -  descent, kill, surreal

Separation

Age had drained the moisture out of her. Though harmless, with weakened arms and a few new born in the house, she knew that she has to make space for them. She was bone dry from outside, when she decided to part ways from her siblings and parents. She snapped herself from the tree and fell down. A boy below the tree yelped in pain as the dry coconut crashed on his toe.

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Prompt - harmless, moist, yelp

Taint

Accused of stealing, confident of proving innocence, he willfully surrendered to the police. After he gave a plausible explanation to prove his innocence, the judge freed him 'not-guilty'. The judgmental society around him saw him as a thief, as the taint of the accusation stayed for his life.

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Prompt- plausible, taint, willingly

Democracy

Hate speech
Drove a wedge
Into the thinking hearts

The chief evaded media questioning

But buckled under peoples ballot mandate

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Prompt - evade,buckle,wedge

Educate via Silence

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Her silence in the evening

Is a sign of objection,

Educating me on time.

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Prompt - Object, Silence, Educate

Question

‪Harry was rich. He was rich enough to have an early retirement at the age of 40. Harry’s business grew at a rate which he never foresaw. But he was not happy. He wanted to be a senator.‬

‪Harry leaned on his mentor, Sally for advice. “Make a movie. Get mass support for your thoughts via the movie. Then stand for elections”, came the advice.‬

‪So Harry made a movie. In the movie, he would help the poor and make them rich even at the expense of him becoming poor. The movie was a hit. His ideas and sympathies earned him publicity. “A successful first step”, he thought.‬

‪It was election time. Sally planned his campaign. They dabbled with new techniques of campaigning. Giving free tickets to his movie, hiring large screens in public places to screen the movie etc.‬

‪As part of the campaign, Harry had an open question and answer session with university students.  He expected some questions and had prepared with Sally for the answers for those questions.‬

‪“There are rumors that you want to become a senator to foster your business goals. What do you have to say?”‬

‪“I have earned enough to survive for my life. Even my next generation can survive with the money I have. I do not want any law change to earn more. If I wanted more money, I would invest into business and not in politics and people. It was my father’s dream that I become a senator. And I hope you will fulfill his wish by voting me.”‬

‪“What will you do for the state after you become Senator?”‬

‪“The state is poor. Infrastructure is pathetic. Drinking water is expensive. There are many homeless people. I want to change these. Everybody would get good affordable food in my state. There would be a roof under which you can lean. There will  be prosperity.”‬

"Sir, I have a question. You have lot of money to serve society and improve things. Why don't you spend and bring prosperity? You yourself do not want to be a senator. You are here to fulfill your dad's wish. Why should we vote you to fulfill your father's wish?"

Harry searched for an answer. But could not utter one.

Posted in 3 word Wednesday - Prompt : Utter, lean, dabble
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Judgement - Short story

The blast occurred at nightfall. Innocent little kid died. The peaceful city was shaken. People recollected the horrible deaths due to bomb blasts months ago. Safety norms were tightened.  The terrorist was captured.

Judge listened to the arguments.  Judgment was pronounced.  “Killing is crime. No man has the right to take another man's life. You have no right to kill the innocent kid. You are guilty. Likewise, I too do not have any rights to take your life. You will live in prison for rest of your life.”

The eyes of the mother of the dead kid were still not dry.

Posted in ThreeWordWednesday - Prompt: Judge, Nightfall, Safety

Monster Tremor

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Fragile life shattered

Rampant destruction seen

Monster tremor strikes

Volcanoes and Tsunami strikes Indonesia in the past 3 days, killing people and swallowing properties.

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Absolve - A great quality

Mahatma Gandhi

Provocative hiss
Absolve & go great
Ridicule the mockery

Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa after being racially ridiculed. He never reacted back with aggression. 

Gandhi employed the same strategy when he was repeatedly hissed and ridiculed by the then British rulers of India. He absolved them of all their misdeeds and fought for freedom in a peaceful way.

Gandhi and his style has been an inspiration for several world leaders. 

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Hint to kill

Idi Amin (ex-President of Uganda)

Sheen in the eyes
Hinted the obvious
His Lust to kill !

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The Verdict

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Fear engulfed
On Imminent verdict
Peace not tampered

A brief background to this -

Yesterday a court in India was to pronounce a verdict on a 60 year old case. This verdict was a potential threat to communal harmony of the nation. There were fears that communal violence could break out. India was on high alert and elaborate security measures were taken.

As the verdict came out in the evening,  peace and maturity prevailed. The judgment of the court was accepted by all communities and not a single unhealthy incident took place. A new step forward for us.

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