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Night of the Scorpion
Night of the Scorpion Poem I remember the night of my mother Was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours Of steady rain had driven him To crawl beneath a sack of rice. Parting with his poison – flash Of diabolic tail in the dark room – He risked the rain again. The peasants came like swarms of flies And buzzed the name of god a hundred times T paralyze the evil one With candles and with lanterns throwing giant scorpion shadows on the mud – baked walls They searched for him: he was not found They clicked their tongues With every movement that the scorpion Made his poison moved in mother’s blood, They said May he sit still, they said May the sins of your previous birth Be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease The misfortune of your next birth, they said May the sum of all evil Balanced in this unreal world Against the sum of good Become diminished by your pain May the poison purify your flesh Of
The Lahore Attack - Kumar Sangakkara
The Lahore Attack Kumar Sangakkara Kumar chokshanada Sangakkara was born on 27 th October 1977. He is a sri Lankan Cricketer, former captain of sri Lankan national cricket team. He is one of the greatest batsman in the history of sports. Sangakkara won the ICC cricketer of the year in 2012. In 2019 he was appointed as the president of the MCC the first non – British person to the position. He was born in Matale, central province near Kandy in 1977. Sangakkara received his education at Trinity College Kandy. He was a senior prefect of the school. He entered Law Faculty of the University of Colombo but could not complete his degree due to his cricketing commitments. He was appointed as the Ambassador of Anti – narcotics program in Sri Lanka. Sangakkara is married To Yehali and has two twin children. He is involved in many charity work in Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Think Wise Initiative launched by International Cricket Council, joint United Nations Progra