Intellectual
The tree holds the leaf up in the sky
Only to supply food to the roots deep in the earth
It adorns flowers in its green crown
So that there is fruit turning ripe
And turning to send again
After dropping down to the ground
If crime itself assumes authority and power
And hunts down people holding them criminals
Everyone endowed with a mouth who keeps silent
Becomes
Criminal himself
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14 February 1977
Translated by K.V.R