The Untouchables Hijras of Mumbai

The Untouchables Hijras of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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condemned
for a travesty
of gender
by fate
in the dinghy rooms
of the peela house cages
they wait
untouchables
social outcasts
their angst
their struggle
through pictures
on the soul
of humanity
i update
the creaking cot
the bed bugs
the musky smell
of urine morbidity
a seminal soliloquy
as the hijra gyrates
dampness
heat and sweat
as she flips over
her dead weight
a strange encounter
a strange bed mate
hijra sex
a rarity
a delicacy
hook line
sinker and bait
the hijra
god could
but did not
want to create
androgynous
source of ignominy
self hate
i shot
the hijra copulating
entwined
with her pathetic customer
i did not need my camera
to capture sorrow despair
remorse a moment innate
mindlessness that
for once did not titillate
as the fucked fan
overhead
slowly rotates
the act over
she took
the money crumpled
notes in silence
gave it to the
hijra madam
her roommate
than she looked
into my eyes
a tear drop
that lay
on her cheek
unwilling to
mutate

for once
i have uploaded
a teardrop
at flickr
unseen
through
mere words
it vibrates
humanity
insensate
neither man
nor woman
merely
hijra trait