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VULTURES
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Crowned Poem, English Poetry |
They’re concrete cemeteries of commoners’ cherished rights
Where sleeping vultures are lying in wait
For hapless living corpses to step into those oubliettes
The rustling sounds of currency notes alone
Can arouse their spirits aloft
Into a bustling activity of remorseless hustle
Like stimulating smelling salts
That can wake up a slothful sot
Behold! They are cartels
Of our great bureaucratic Babus!
Busy they’re taking home bagfuls of bounties (booties)
of their smartest schemes
But by the time they sense
They are carrying the weight of their sins
Burning they will be, in Avernus kilns
*(Oubliette means a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling)
* Avernus means a small lake in an extinct volcano near Naples, Italy, at the edge of which the entrance to Hades was anciently said to be
Anuradha,
great post. The passion, the contempt burn through the lines.
The vulture feasting is a well known image.
Is it also a particular image taken of Parsi cemeteries?
The opening verses are brilliantly vivid.
“Behold! They are cartels
Of our great bureaucratic Babus!” – love it.
Gion
Very nice poem,Anuradha.
Liked it a lot.
Beautiful poetic picturing of the corrupt scenario.
Very effective impacting and sedate poem
Liked immensely.
Hearty kudos for the idea & intensity of penning. Stars 5
However Shouldn’t “our great bureaucratic Babus!” read
“our great bureaucratic Babus, their bosses & ministers !”
beautifully expressed.
nexus is between the IAS and the politicians….there loyalties are elsewhere.they come from the state cadres where they are not liked by the state administrative officers….at the center they are on deputation …so where is the loyalty???.they are the refined babus and do not dirty their hands..
.there is something seriously wrong in their recruitment or training areas
Dear P4 team, thank you so much for crowning this poem. In fact, I did not expect at all. Thank you so much.