Life's This - That

 

I have often heard

tea vendors shouting

come and drink my tea

he who drinks my adrak tea

finds heaven reachable.

 

I have also heard

skin bone children

howling for bread

while politicians like

suave actors beg for votes.

 

When the power line is cut off

while watching soft porn

on the mobile lonely men

rise up in revolt-

what's this-

they take the tariff

but give us grief

to roast us in our loneliness.

I have felt life tearing away

far from the world of my home

when words of horror and death

rogue dogs barking biting

each other over-

God knows what,

are thrown at me from all sides

killing my concentration

when I try to find out a

substitute for L O V E

a synonym if you prefer.

Sabita Sahu