In this poem by Dr Sanjukta, Unicorn land offers justice, knowledge, love, and peace, making paradise a reality – exclusively for Different Truths.

In the Unicorn land
Rainbows crisscrossed
In fuzzy entanglements
 
In the Unicorn land
Penitent politicians in purgatories
Wept for divine mercy
 
In the Unicorn land
Mafias and murderers
Surrendered smilingly
 
In the Unicorn land
Conspirators, criminals, hackers
Dived into the eager hellfire
 
In the Unicorn land
Bridges erased walls
Liars lost their tongue
 
In the Unicorn land
Knowledge flew free
All laps held laptops
 
In the Unicorn land
Crooks cooked for cooks
Lifelong rigorous punishment
 
In the Unicorn land
Love laughed on lush lawns
As they cartwheeled till dawn
 
In the Unicorn land
War was unknown
Peace sat on guard
 
In the Unicorn land
To be or not to be in Paradise
Was not the unanswered question.

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Dr Sanjukta Dasgupta

Dr Sanjukta Dasgupta is a poet, short story writer, critic, and translator. She was a General Council of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, member and the Convenor English Advisory Board Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. She is the President of the Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library, Kolkata and has twenty-six published books. Her poems have been translated into German, Serbian, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, and Tamil.

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