Ayekpa Asaba

The AFSPA, by its form and in its application, violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the ‘UDHR’), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the ‘ICCPR’), the Convention Against Torture, the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, the UN Body of Principles for Protection of All Persons Under any form of Detention, and the UN Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal and summary executions.

No Poem for Your Country

Hold the fort, people;

Without it, we are only

In sorrow the trees, they shed leaves in spring; When in spring the king was crowned in sorrow; The unchaste leaves squeaked, they had turned insects They had sank into the sea of lorn leaves, Unknown, soft; the death râle was so hard. Hands and legs twisted, people turned zombies; Guns, paper pistols; skies, grey; and eyes, blind Screaming and shrieking, tedious time’s travel  It’s wasted after the king’s coronation In the darkness, he basked in his glory; In some unknown winter, some hope flickers. 

Beyond the Wall

The king is divine, Though I’m more interested in the queen I let them know ne’er; But her beauty betrays me not, ever. So I decided This kingdom be departed, and me, stroll’d “As your inspired coronation’s over Permit me to leave; I have no good place to go and stay But I have to go.” “We have seen gods in your royal image We have seen you well You have been giving us a royal fuck Or maybe we’re blind.” Let these words be no calumniation The reason’s simple For my expected departure today Move beyond the wall.

How I wish it stops,

What would be the worst tragedy of the history of humankind? (A tragedy, and the worst in it — this is quite too much, isn’t it?) But it would indeed be the ultimate tragedy, a wise man had once said, if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. Leave these depressing tragedy and humanity things. But do consider how much the government is a pain in the ass and how much relief we will get if it is gotten rid of. Tragedy will find a new weaker yet worthy synonym.