This is the 36th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.

A PEACOCK’S LAMENT

My friend, a peacock who lived alone,

Came to me, and started to bemoan,

“That judge said, ‘When you cry,

You get kids.’ That’s a lie!

I keep crying, but I’m on my own.”

HUMAN SHIELD

Human rights must be so very cheap

When you can tie someone to a jeep.

This tryst with destiny

Brought such ignominy.

How far we have fallen, and how deep?

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