Like A Water Buffalo
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| Like A Water Buffalo |
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She sated my hunger
you satisfied my lust I’d grown up like a water buffalo but I am her baby I want a child unlike me the burning fire that you put out with your body my dearest wife Put down your raised fist I am breathless Just give me the word and I will kill my mother with poisoned rice. |
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Notes: This is a Tamil Dalit poem. The Tamil are the Tamil speaking peoples of south India. Dalit is the term for the untouchable casts of India. We found these poems on the web at /www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/SA2004/11608-15-May-_$B!D_(Bg%20SIVANARAYAN.pdf |