Sofiul Azam 
BANGLADESH

This way to glory... This way to the grave. 
– “From A German War Primer” by Bertolt Brecht

Waiting for a Good Harvest

On the threshold of another century coming, 
we think this century has planted more corpses
than in any as far back as we remember.

And we confess we have had the right 
amount of flesh and bones - the best 
with no side affects to Earth, and of blood 
(Oh, you cannot forget blood welling up
from every hole bullets have ever made!) , 
if not rain from mushroom clouds up high.
Every government, be it in Europe or Asia, 
we think, should fix for the ignorant this slogan: 
'no more buying expensive chemicals.'

So, we farmers of this blessed century feel
our greed for good crops is going to be met soon -
for you know Earth's more fertile every year; 
we can hope the Almighty won't be so stingy
as to bestow upon us a good harvest.

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