Limerick: Once a President of Bolivia

Limerick : Once a President of Bolivia Once a President of Bolivia Frothed oblanceolate green saliva Must dream was Ashoka* On Andes throne Inca That’s how COCA-cola drug India. *ASHOKA, b. circa 304 BCE (reigned: 273-232 BCE): King of Magadha, was the first great commoner Buddhist Emperor of India which, then, extended from Afghanistan to Bengal, and from Nepal to Southern Deccan. Among his recorded edicts : concern for the peoples’ welfare ; medical attention for the needy ; arboured thoroughfares ; nomination of officers to oversee morality and magistrates ; forbade the slaughter of animals for food or for religious purposes ; required the reconciliation of all religious tendencies ; wanted everyone to practice compassion and charity towards one another and to follow the laws of the Dharma or Righteousness ; and drew attention to the vanity of glory and emphasised the supreme aim of Life itself. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013