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CLUELESS
They were neighbors
A wall separated their homes Their tender age and difference in sex Gave plenty scope for saucy tongues Under the quizzical eyes- They both squirmed They avoided each other - Without any reason A fine feud soon flourished between families The victims baffled- without any clues Next the community divided in groups Slinging mud with vigor, without rules From local papers to national dailies The news spread like wildfire A huge debate started everywhere Decline of morality-a common poser With this much bad publicity The girl was married hurriedly But the nasty scandal threw its shadow Her marital life was but hollow The husband accused her of infidelity She kept silent- had nothing to offer Exasperated at last with destiny She committed suicide-and escaped torture Ransacking her possessions The husband found a heavy envelope It was addressed to the childhood friend He eagerly opened to confirm suspicions But the contents held him stupefied It held sacred threads- memento of sisterly affection The Romeo-Juliet of yore had cast their jinx The sleazy public mind chose to derive lewd conclusion.  ~Jayanti Sinha ~
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