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few years ago, I was at high street, Baner - stopped for a snack at McD. saw this lady security guard having her lunch quietly, glancing into the stores around her; wistfully staring at the cloudless sky - events at Barsu reminded me of these lines, added a few, read on
1/6
1/6
what does she feel, standing guard
in a mcdonalds
waiting for the promised future,
that they had bartered her land for.
no “4 bangle” car awaits her,
no gold adorns her neck and wrists,
avoiding the mistakes her neighbors made,
she waits stoically
2/6
in a mcdonalds
waiting for the promised future,
that they had bartered her land for.
no “4 bangle” car awaits her,
no gold adorns her neck and wrists,
avoiding the mistakes her neighbors made,
she waits stoically
2/6
what does she feel, as her hands touch,
the glass still keeping her out of,
the fancy turf built,
on her children’s playground.
does she miss the open sky,
that the skyscrapers now stifle,
the air in them, cooled and recirculated,
but never really free
3/6
the glass still keeping her out of,
the fancy turf built,
on her children’s playground.
does she miss the open sky,
that the skyscrapers now stifle,
the air in them, cooled and recirculated,
but never really free
3/6
will she need, like me,
few pills for vitamin D,
cut away from the sun,
her life like mine, now largely spent indoors.
teenagers hang around,
waiting for the next order on a food app,
they grew food once,
now they just compete to deliver.
4/6
few pills for vitamin D,
cut away from the sun,
her life like mine, now largely spent indoors.
teenagers hang around,
waiting for the next order on a food app,
they grew food once,
now they just compete to deliver.
4/6
looking at all the empty glitter around her
does she forgive the genie
who promised her 3 wishes
& left before delivering the first one
does she regret her decision to sell
still hold on with hope
as she watches people chase a neon god
dreams mixed with ash at his feet
5/6
does she forgive the genie
who promised her 3 wishes
& left before delivering the first one
does she regret her decision to sell
still hold on with hope
as she watches people chase a neon god
dreams mixed with ash at his feet
5/6
and the dreams now oily and refined
get bandied again
she will be happy
that mistakes are not getting repeated
that her sisters have risen, as one
and not fallen prey to lures aplenty
they battle to keep their land
these brave mothers of democracy
6/6
#No_To_Barsu_Refinery
get bandied again
she will be happy
that mistakes are not getting repeated
that her sisters have risen, as one
and not fallen prey to lures aplenty
they battle to keep their land
these brave mothers of democracy
6/6
#No_To_Barsu_Refinery
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