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Gandhi
 When he picked up the gauntlet of his
Incubus flesh, he saved his skin and soul.
He vowed his way to this great catharsis,
And weighed his caloried to become whole.
After these experiments with his cells,
He soon turned amorist courting his creed;
A paradox not meant for cap and bells,
But for those who could turn word into deed.
Its first new clear blast was on foreign ground,
Where it, emitting its soul active rays,
Had started breaking entirely new ground
And wiping out the old soldiering ways.
As he came to test it on his soil,
The fallout freed the foe in a bloodless foil.
-By G. Viswanathan
('From An Ampler Ether')
(Appeared in 'Mother India' Sri Aurobindo Ashram, November 1979)
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8th Main, Girinagar 2nd Phase,
Bangalore 560 085.
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