Mass Exodus Empties The Villages!
Mass Exodus Empties The Villages!
*******************************************Mass exodus empties the villages;
Stench and selfishness pervade the cities;
Cash-crop of buildings are cultivated in wet fields;
Seeds of famine are actively sown in the womb of earth;
Poor peasants in simple attires
Boil in their hot sweats;
Full-trousered flashy crowds
Have bloated in vitamines and fats;
In the mighty breath of vast cities
All four directions are in shambles;
Greenery has evaporated;
Even the cow has degenerated as a buffallo;
Diseases in numerous dresses
March parades in all streets;
To drain away our cash chests
State-of-art treatments have mushroomed;
Falsehood is in full blossom;
Even truth has gone pithlessand soulless;
Slogans and masks in daily life
Have spread like deadly poison;
The hearts of parents with girl children
At sundown hours are worry-flooded;
Staring in strain for the buses from roadsides
Eyes have become desert-dry;
When you screw yourself into buses
You find all bones are thoroughly shuffled;
Respect is totally forgotten;
Mercy has become the first casualty;
With rowdy mobs ruling the streets
Justice and law weep behind bars;
The school-bound tiny tots
Have forgotten outdoor play;
In the hustle-bustle of school-market
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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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