No one will ever be able to prevent

Saplings, the lovely baby plants,

a useful investment for the future

garnish d' landscape, give shade,

relieve from d' solar temperature

 

Generate ample O2 and purify d' air

furnish fruits and nuts, even timber

will invite the birds, essential bees,

clear pollutants from d' atmosphere

 

As the elaborate lecture was over,

d' new sarpanch asked for a shovel

placed sapling in a pit already dug,

put compost, soil and covered it well

 

Did initial irrigation with a sprinkler,

between a long stretch of applause

a crowd of villagers enjoyed d' function

but d' protection part never ensured

 

Got from d' bushes d' herd of goats,

the shepherd boy singing, whistling

goats rushed back to their fav sheds

d' billy-goat of d' sarpanch, missing

 

In d' twilight of approaching evening,

the tempting sapling it could notice

escaped quietly to d' palatable shrub,

chewed d' leaves, stem and relished

 

Oath-taking day for d' new sarpanch,

d' elected members' welcome dinner

chose the billy-goat to be sacrificed,

for d' lavish dish of invitees, members

 

Sarpanch had a fever d' next day,

with body ache, throat pain, frailty

RT-PCR done and found positive,

ran into acute breathing difficulty

 

Admitted in d' intensive care unit,

d' oxygen saturation began falling

the corona casually devoured him,

d' post, power, kin could do nothing

 

Mishaps often wipe out the species,

sacrifices for manmade merriments

it's the ecosystem's natural balance,

no one will ever be able to prevent