**"PENDULUM"**

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Sandwiched between 
the blood-sucking boots 
and the sugar-tongued chameleons, 
we know not where to go 

Each of the two plagues 
vibrant on our hills 
pollutes our valleys'
seeds and shrubs 
with breath of its kind 
with dirt of its nature 
like any epidemic. 

We remain Sandwiched 
between this choice of 
six and half a dozen
swinging, a pendulum 
for life between the noose 
and the guillotine;
or the round leather
tossed between the feet 
of two unweaning teams. 

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We remained the sheep courted 
by the leopard and the hyena, 
each flashing sweet-smelling poison.

What hand of God shall 
rescue us here where we roast, 
a democracy in search of democrats? 

But I look to the East each dawn 
and find the rays of yesterday's 
set sun and scaling the hills, and 
smiling at me as beacon. 




Thank you @dobartim for organising this contest to bring out the best in me. 



Truly yours, 
@samueloption