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THEIR WAY

It shall happen gradually

But there won’t be a long wait

The latest mission for rulers

Is to catch you and vaccinate.

 

It’s now a huge competition

And records are being broken

Such stunts don’t fool any

They are never real, but token.

 

The biggest challenge now is

To persuade people to agree

To permit invasion in bodies

Of an inactive virus for free!

 

They will say it’s not mandatory

That it will always be a choice

That’s like saying you can talk

But we mustn’t hear your voice!

 

Vaccines are known to be risky

As coronavirus rides on breath

These pokes are being touted as

Speed-breakers on road to death.

 

The populace is fully confused

There won’t be any time to repent

If all those queuing up for a shot

Are just part of a big experiment!

 

The compulsions will soon come

If one goes by the daily reports

Already there have been those who

Have taken recourse to law courts.

 

In the adversarial arena as usual

All parties will have their say

And the ruling given will indicate

The rulers have again had their way.

 

(Raju Z. Moray is a Mumbai-based lawyer who enjoys writing poems. He is the author of two books ‘Court Jester’ (2017) and ‘The Locked Down Lawyer’ (2020))