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INDRAN AMIRTHANAYAGAM


The Thing Itself


Muthukumaran
visits me,  
his solitary
protest

outside
the central
government
office

in Chennai,
dousing
himself
in kerosene

and burning
until rescue,
though chances
of survival

are bleak.
He wanted
attention
paid

he said
to burning
issue of Tamils
in Sri Lanka.

Muthukumaran,
a poet,
burning
his metaphor.


1/31/ 2009