Sieg Heil and the rest (Sonnet 1162) | Abhijit Naskar | Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

Some shout Sieg Heil,
Some shout Jai Hind.
Some Star Spangled Banner,
Others God save the fiend.

Only the language differs,
Jungliness remains the same.
Even in an integrating world,
Some maintain the habits lame.

Once upon a time,
they might have had some value.
Today they are just anachronism,
Kept alive by apes without clue.

If you are still enraged,
how dare I compare
Sieg Heil with the rest!
Study the history unvarnished –
behind every tribal salute
you’ll find a holocaust equivalent.