That Rainy Day
THAT RAINY DAY
They prayed in unison
For the eluding rain
Long waited in despair
Staring at the horizon
Months passed without a sign
Testing their patience
Hot Sun heckled with a sneer
Night sky speckled
With moon and stars
Leered in ridicule
An old farmer averred
“We’re all cursed by the Goddess
To whom we shunned oblation
That was offered every annum”
Asserted one literate peasant
“It’s all green house effect”
Soon cried an yeoman in glee
“There in the skies! See! ”
Spotting a black nimbus
Hovering over Northern expanse
When came a squall of promise
Followed by what they long missed
Drop by drop; as a tickle of hope
First that started as a drizzle
And grew into a blissful deluge
The tillers found no bounds to their delight
They laughed, screamed and danced
Their mirth and play went astray
Till they heard the direful horns blare
Of cars and jeeps that came
Got down were many men
Of unmistakable power and authority
Of high echelons of bureaucracy
Declared one well-determined
“We came to take your land
To make a project grand
We give jobs to all and
Recompense loss in kind
Or in cash as you intend”
The rain paused in dismay
The greens faded in disgust
One farmer with strength gained
Pleaded in jarred tone
“Sirs, we live by plough
Know not the jobs you give
We know your sweet love
Only a clever maneuver
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poem by Sathya Narayana
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