VAPOUR

VAPOUR
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Oh! My fellow men!
Do not worry.
Dictators are just a vapour.

Sipping a cup of strong plain tea,
Please sing a song
And carrying the crops
Smile for a while.

Though we have nothing
To eat
As they have seized,
Do not worry!

Because we are not surviving
Just to eat.
Eating alone also cannot survive us.

Oh! My fellow men!
Do not worry.
Approach to a bough
And puff a cigar.

Lay your head on the root
And nap for a while.
Wipe out the drops of sweat
From your forehead
And drink a cup of cold water.

Chew tasting the betel
Which your wife gives to you.

Dictators are just a vapour.

(K. Kyaw)
Nov, 1999.