In the Flood:
Meat Market Chai
Beneath a cow’s severed head.
In the teeth of the cyclone:
Khas land, flooded land
Land of goonda attack
“They attack us with fire and gun
The rich and their musclemen”.
Between rain and Ramadan
Torch light and whistle warning
Marble sling-shot and lathi
In the flood -
Water everywhere
But not a drop to drink
