MUMBAI
Mumbai - the Economic Capital of the country,
Feeds crores of bellies on Its thickly thronged plateau,
And those of countless adjacent to the remotest places,
Draws the concourses every fraction of a second towards It!
"No less than a rotten carcass to the greedy and gluttonous,
Beasts, flies, ants and insects and those who relish and live on it,"
Who like those non humans howl, growl, screech, buzz, yell and yelp,
Over grabbing a sounder share by whatever means they can apply!
The Local Train commuters are, here, of two sorts:
The first ones are like the hot, choked Vadas of the so-called Mumbai Pav,
And the second ones are like the haughty, doughty and dominating Lions;
No sooner does a day dawn, than It blares like a Tempest,
Its chimneys spew like a volcano, and besmear the air like a T.B patient!
Still none quits It!
Sometimes, It chuckles for being a Cosmopolitan haven,
But, It often sighs for being misused for Its simplicity and munificence,
And beseeches to God to pay a timely, favourable heed to Its helplessness!
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 28.11.18
Mumbai - the Economic Capital of the country,
Feeds crores of bellies on Its thickly thronged plateau,
And those of countless adjacent to the remotest places,
Draws the concourses every fraction of a second towards It!
"No less than a rotten carcass to the greedy and gluttonous,
Beasts, flies, ants and insects and those who relish and live on it,"
Who like those non humans howl, growl, screech, buzz, yell and yelp,
Over grabbing a sounder share by whatever means they can apply!
The Local Train commuters are, here, of two sorts:
The first ones are like the hot, choked Vadas of the so-called Mumbai Pav,
And the second ones are like the haughty, doughty and dominating Lions;
No sooner does a day dawn, than It blares like a Tempest,
Its chimneys spew like a volcano, and besmear the air like a T.B patient!
Still none quits It!
Sometimes, It chuckles for being a Cosmopolitan haven,
But, It often sighs for being misused for Its simplicity and munificence,
And beseeches to God to pay a timely, favourable heed to Its helplessness!
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 28.11.18
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