Thursday, June 30, 2011

The incredible Indian's dream

The ever-exploding terrorist war
        Opened manholes on roads left ajar
Drugs-on-loose and duplicate sages
        Its not just those birds in the cages.

The spineless bows for clerk babus
       Those uncounted deals under the table
Uncared monuments filled with graffiti
       Stick-no-bill warnings - an invisible entity.

Alert, Registered citizens of the great nation-
      A book is enough evidence for sedition
You got no money and got no power?
      Even cursed if you mark 'F' for gender.

The currency note - a universal license
      No? You got no right to speak any sense.
The biased probability of brides on fire
      The country is run on a flat imported Tyre.

Respect is a sole privilege of the dead 
      Never expect it in a crowded road.
Pak's nuke arsenal and the falling dollar, Huh?
      Start seeing the hangin' knife on your collar.

We dare to speak with suppressed sarcasm
      Of the rejected visas and 'abroad' racism?
Those ac khadi stores, the picturesque sky
      and the smiling frail-man isn't incredible India.  

The thousand dollar pay isn't everyone's goal
      A hearty breakfast and safe commute home-
The Indian dream might seem a little tame
      But, hungry stomachs can only think so lame.   
       

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