FACTS OF LIFE I

                                          FACTS OF LIFE…Part I

                                      

                                          Dr K Prabhakar Rao

 The crowded streets

And the traffic jams

The blaring horns

And the screaming cars

Factory sirens

Tighten my gums

And makes me mum

Where will we run

Morning to noon

And noon to night

With speed of light

Till the sun rise

But all are wise

The singing milk men

Pedaling their bicycles

Now on scooters

Dirty milk spots

And rusty  cans

With dents and dots

Might be powdered milk inside

This makes me sulk

The starved cow milk

Splashing from tins

Dirty flies from nearby drain

Filthy mosquitoes merrily sucking

All are around the leaking can

The showering rain

And I feel in vain

The snaking queues

For the bottled milk

Cockroaches in bottles

Lizards dead in milk containers

Dead flies in milk bags

Half open corks and lids

And semi filled plastic bags

But  all  are in the run

That have some and cry

Or else they will go dry

The road side cow

Hungry and slow

The sulking calves

That is moving skeleton

Sucking empty dry nipples

Watch with glee

While dirty flies fly and flee

The naked urchins

Playing around shacks

Sitting at road side dust bin

And feeling as if at Rajbhavan@

Sort out the filth and waste

However all are in haste

The passing infected doggy

That has hair shabby

The flying stones

Cursing urchins

What a nice feast

That makes me a beast

Wailing children

Barking dogs and bitches

Hungry men  hardly clad

Who are skeletons moving;

Booming flesh trade

Pimps and prostitutes

In dark corners of streets

Ready to solicit and greet

@ Governors residence is called Rajbhavan