THE WORLD HAS SHRUNK-A Poem by R.Natarajan

                        THE  WORLD HAS SHRUNK                                                                           

                             

                                   The world has shrunk into just

                                    a few sheets of printed stuff 

                                    and thrown at our doorsteps

                                    every morn from speeding cycles.

                                    We see in its various columns:

                                    the ugly face of human race;

                                    deaths and disasters dancing around;

                                    vice and violence gaining ground;

                                    mighty machines and macro-computers

                                    making the society but marring the senses;

                                    the intrusion of the idiot boxes and 

                                    the invasion of the satellite programmes

                                    inveigling us into wasting our

                                    invaluable time in watching trifles;

                                    science growing and conscience decaying;

                                    developments leading us but to doom

                                    as the spirit of man is not allowed to bloom---

                                    With unfeeling haste we munch these

                                    with our breakfast and forget fast.

                                    The world has shrunk-- so are our hearts!