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Military is Legal Terrorism (Ceasefire Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | Yaralardan Yangın Doğar
Any planet that confuses guns
with gallantry is a planet of apes.
Prioritizing military over education,
we only build a world full of terrorists.
Military is just legal terrorism,
To fathom this you gotta be human.
What do monkeys know of peace and love,
When guns are their emblem of patriotism!
We don’t need civilian disarmament,
We need absolute universal disarmament.
Only a worldwide ban on firearms production,
Can facilitate a paradigm of peaceful coexistence.
Let’s see which nation has the heart and backbone,
To legislate absolute ban on firearms manufacture!
Let’s see who are the first civilized people,
Let’s see which nation is the first peacemaker!
What’s the point of one ceasefire,
Let’s pull the plug on all war.
Let’s disband all military, and siphon
those funds to housing, education and healthcare.
with gallantry is a planet of apes.
Prioritizing military over education,
we only build a world full of terrorists.
Military is just legal terrorism,
To fathom this you gotta be human.
What do monkeys know of peace and love,
When guns are their emblem of patriotism!
We don’t need civilian disarmament,
We need absolute universal disarmament.
Only a worldwide ban on firearms production,
Can facilitate a paradigm of peaceful coexistence.
Let’s see which nation has the heart and backbone,
To legislate absolute ban on firearms manufacture!
Let’s see who are the first civilized people,
Let’s see which nation is the first peacemaker!
What’s the point of one ceasefire,
Let’s pull the plug on all war.
Let’s disband all military, and siphon
those funds to housing, education and healthcare.
Guns Are Viagra (Sonnet 1262) | Abhijit Naskar | Yaralardan Yangın Doğar
“Those who think a nation is as strong as its military, belong in a mental hospital, not in government.”
“Guns Are Viagra (Sonnet 1262)
Indifference does more damage than inhumanity,
For animals can’t be expected to be human.
Humans are human when they are accountable,
Passive spectators are worse than inhuman.
Silence of the peacelovers is more damaging
than violence of the warmongers.
Till the very thought of guns makes you sick,
you are only playing make believe peacekeepers.
Guns are just viagra for the impotent,
Bullets are but crutches for centipedes.
When there’s no substance in mind and spine,
Monkeys tend to cower behind semiautomatics.
More backward a country,
more its fascination with guns and bombs.
That’s why you cannot imagine a hero,
without a gun in their hands.
Real heroes don’t carry guns,
Real heroes don’t wear capes.
Wearing a smile, carrying a spine,
Real heroes work to rescue peace,
from the clutches of states.”
“Guns Are Viagra (Sonnet 1262)
Indifference does more damage than inhumanity,
For animals can’t be expected to be human.
Humans are human when they are accountable,
Passive spectators are worse than inhuman.
Silence of the peacelovers is more damaging
than violence of the warmongers.
Till the very thought of guns makes you sick,
you are only playing make believe peacekeepers.
Guns are just viagra for the impotent,
Bullets are but crutches for centipedes.
When there’s no substance in mind and spine,
Monkeys tend to cower behind semiautomatics.
More backward a country,
more its fascination with guns and bombs.
That’s why you cannot imagine a hero,
without a gun in their hands.
Real heroes don’t carry guns,
Real heroes don’t wear capes.
Wearing a smile, carrying a spine,
Real heroes work to rescue peace,
from the clutches of states.”
How come we can invent better ways to kill each other, but not one to preserve peace! – Abhijit Naskar
Couple of years back I once wrote – how come we can invent better ways to kill each other, but not one to preserve peace! Tracking back the origin of the statement I found out that, it’s not from any of the books, but a part of an introduction to the Memorial Day Sonnet released on my wordpress site.
Anyway, the point is – today that question rings more evident than ever. So, I shall convey it in a few other languages in order to make it more universally organic. Because guess what – even though English is the universal language of earth, due to its primitive colonial escapades, and indeed the most convenient, it is neither the most beautiful nor the most soulful language on earth.
Therefore at this difficult humanitarian moment I say to you once again:
How come we can invent better ways to kill each other, but not one to preserve peace!
¡Cómo es que podemos inventar mejores maneras de matarnos unos a otros, pero ninguna para preservar la paz!
Come mai possiamo inventare modi migliori per ucciderci a vicenda, ma non uno per preservare la pace!
Nasıl yani, birbirimizi öldürmenin binlerce yol biliyoruz, ama barışı korumanın bir tane bile yok!
كيف يمكننا أن نبتكر طرقاً أفضل لقتل بعضنا البعض، ولا نجد طريقة للحفاظ على السلام!
ایمان انسانیت،
مذہب محبت؛
خون کی نہیں،
امن کی ہے چاہت۔
Hur kommer det sig att vi kan uppfinna bättre sätt att döda varandra, men inte ett sätt att bevara freden!
Wie kommt es, dass wir bessere Wege finden können, um einander zu töten, aber nicht um den Frieden zu bewahren!
Anyway, the point is – today that question rings more evident than ever. So, I shall convey it in a few other languages in order to make it more universally organic. Because guess what – even though English is the universal language of earth, due to its primitive colonial escapades, and indeed the most convenient, it is neither the most beautiful nor the most soulful language on earth.
Therefore at this difficult humanitarian moment I say to you once again:
How come we can invent better ways to kill each other, but not one to preserve peace!
¡Cómo es que podemos inventar mejores maneras de matarnos unos a otros, pero ninguna para preservar la paz!
Come mai possiamo inventare modi migliori per ucciderci a vicenda, ma non uno per preservare la pace!
Nasıl yani, birbirimizi öldürmenin binlerce yol biliyoruz, ama barışı korumanın bir tane bile yok!
كيف يمكننا أن نبتكر طرقاً أفضل لقتل بعضنا البعض، ولا نجد طريقة للحفاظ على السلام!
ایمان انسانیت،
مذہب محبت؛
خون کی نہیں،
امن کی ہے چاہت۔
Hur kommer det sig att vi kan uppfinna bättre sätt att döda varandra, men inte ett sätt att bevara freden!
Wie kommt es, dass wir bessere Wege finden können, um einander zu töten, aber nicht um den Frieden zu bewahren!
Orphanizers (Demilitarization Sonnet, 1303) | Abhijit Naskar | Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
Show me a nation with a huge defense budget,
I’ll show you a demented nation.
Show me a nation with a big education budget,
I’ll show you a nation of the future.
Disband the soldiers, empower the teachers,
Thus you plant the paradigm of peace.
Abolish all pride in nation’s military,
Thus you emerge as maker of peace.
The real warmongers of the world are,
Not the world leaders, but the civilians,
Who can’t think past the strength of military,
Who take pride in a genocidal arsenal of weapons.
With such civilian primitiveness rampant in society,
No conference can ensure the promise of peace.
If you really want to ensure peace on planet earth,
Denounce all politics and democracy militarist.
Stop taking pride in your national military,
That very pride floods the world with orphans.
Amidst the herd of widowmakers and orphanizers,
Wake up alone, and slogan for demilitarization!
I’ll show you a demented nation.
Show me a nation with a big education budget,
I’ll show you a nation of the future.
Disband the soldiers, empower the teachers,
Thus you plant the paradigm of peace.
Abolish all pride in nation’s military,
Thus you emerge as maker of peace.
The real warmongers of the world are,
Not the world leaders, but the civilians,
Who can’t think past the strength of military,
Who take pride in a genocidal arsenal of weapons.
With such civilian primitiveness rampant in society,
No conference can ensure the promise of peace.
If you really want to ensure peace on planet earth,
Denounce all politics and democracy militarist.
Stop taking pride in your national military,
That very pride floods the world with orphans.
Amidst the herd of widowmakers and orphanizers,
Wake up alone, and slogan for demilitarization!
Visvavitamin (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
It’s a sad state of affairs when
you get used to the sight of blood,
glorifying aggression as bravehearted.
It’s a sad state of affairs when
you feel good dressing up for gala,
while children are being bombed to death.
Sometimes aggression may be our last resort,
but never normalize it as civilized way of life.
The beast in me knows well to crush bones,
but the reformer I am, works to preserve life.
It’s a sad state of affairs when
prejudice is glorified as piety,
and curiosity is branded blasphemy,
when lies are honored as liberty,
and empathy is declared unholy.
Bandaid to the broken, backbone to the fallen.
Vital to world-light, we are Visvavitamin.
you get used to the sight of blood,
glorifying aggression as bravehearted.
It’s a sad state of affairs when
you feel good dressing up for gala,
while children are being bombed to death.
Sometimes aggression may be our last resort,
but never normalize it as civilized way of life.
The beast in me knows well to crush bones,
but the reformer I am, works to preserve life.
It’s a sad state of affairs when
prejudice is glorified as piety,
and curiosity is branded blasphemy,
when lies are honored as liberty,
and empathy is declared unholy.
Bandaid to the broken, backbone to the fallen.
Vital to world-light, we are Visvavitamin.
World War Peace (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
The same paradigm that produces
soldiers, produces terrorists.
In fact, soldiers are just
government approved terrorists.
Till the military is the most
dishonorable profession on earth,
you can forget about world peace,
forget about peaceful coexistence.
Military are the real terrorists,
regular terrorists are the byproducts,
all manufactured by state leaders,
sponsored by jungle civilians.
Love of country is the root of all war,
Every patriot is a potential terrorist.
Learn to love the world as one country,
The paradigm will shift from war to peace.
soldiers, produces terrorists.
In fact, soldiers are just
government approved terrorists.
Till the military is the most
dishonorable profession on earth,
you can forget about world peace,
forget about peaceful coexistence.
Military are the real terrorists,
regular terrorists are the byproducts,
all manufactured by state leaders,
sponsored by jungle civilians.
Love of country is the root of all war,
Every patriot is a potential terrorist.
Learn to love the world as one country,
The paradigm will shift from war to peace.
Diagnosis: Patriotism (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
You know what distinguishes
a reformist from a terrorist!
The capacity to destroy the world,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to press the button,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to pull the trigger,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to oblige the state,
but choosing humanity instead.
The capacity to be patriotic,
yet choosing to be human instead.
War is the symptom,
patriotism is the disease.
Terrorists harbor patriotism,
Reformists harbor peace.
a reformist from a terrorist!
The capacity to destroy the world,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to press the button,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to pull the trigger,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to oblige the state,
but choosing humanity instead.
The capacity to be patriotic,
yet choosing to be human instead.
War is the symptom,
patriotism is the disease.
Terrorists harbor patriotism,
Reformists harbor peace.
Planet of Apes (Real Peace Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | The Humanitarian Dictator
Stronger the military,
stupider the citizens.
Louder the ammunition,
lousier the education.
Mightier the missiles,
measlier the minds.
Sharper the snipers,
sicklier the spines.
Fuller the magazines,
feebler the veins.
Bolder the bombs,
wobblier the brains.
More titanic the tanks,
more pathetic the primates.
World in trance of arms,
is a planet of the apes.
stupider the citizens.
Louder the ammunition,
lousier the education.
Mightier the missiles,
measlier the minds.
Sharper the snipers,
sicklier the spines.
Fuller the magazines,
feebler the veins.
Bolder the bombs,
wobblier the brains.
More titanic the tanks,
more pathetic the primates.
World in trance of arms,
is a planet of the apes.
The Great Superstition (Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | Little Planet on The Prairie
Fundamentalists radicalize
children for illegal terrorism,
nationalists radicalize
children for legal terrorism,
I radicalize children for peace-n-oneness,
using only their brain and backbone,
without spilling the blood of human.
Only leeches live by guns and call it honor,
brainwashed by the witchcraft of patriotism.
Fundamentalism, nationalism, these are the real
witchcraft, still practiced by modern savages.
Teachers, coppers, politicians, civil servants,
all (most) mindlessly carry the paradigm of death.
Give me a hundred humanitarian hearts,
I’ll wipe out the very concept of war.
Pack your flags with other talismans,
there is no greater superstition
than the superstition of nation.
children for illegal terrorism,
nationalists radicalize
children for legal terrorism,
I radicalize children for peace-n-oneness,
using only their brain and backbone,
without spilling the blood of human.
Only leeches live by guns and call it honor,
brainwashed by the witchcraft of patriotism.
Fundamentalism, nationalism, these are the real
witchcraft, still practiced by modern savages.
Teachers, coppers, politicians, civil servants,
all (most) mindlessly carry the paradigm of death.
Give me a hundred humanitarian hearts,
I’ll wipe out the very concept of war.
Pack your flags with other talismans,
there is no greater superstition
than the superstition of nation.
Neighbor Before Nation (Sonnet) – Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper (First Sonnet Drop)
Death of soldiers is PR goldmine for
nationalist nutters, no matter the side,
because it gives them the appetizing
ammunition to sell some more fear,
some more prejudice,
some more fanatic tribalism,
neighbor fighting neighbor,
all wrapped in cute pills of patriotism –
which ultimately manufactures
some more orphans, some more widows,
some more elderly who lose their hope.
Trenches don’t have a right side and wrong side,
they only have one side, the side of dogma and lies.
Asses to asses, cheek to cheek, apes laud the apes,
declaring true apehood through their half-open flies.
nationalist nutters, no matter the side,
because it gives them the appetizing
ammunition to sell some more fear,
some more prejudice,
some more fanatic tribalism,
neighbor fighting neighbor,
all wrapped in cute pills of patriotism –
which ultimately manufactures
some more orphans, some more widows,
some more elderly who lose their hope.
Trenches don’t have a right side and wrong side,
they only have one side, the side of dogma and lies.
Asses to asses, cheek to cheek, apes laud the apes,
declaring true apehood through their half-open flies.
