mumbai

mumbai, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

where
buildings
built like
a pack
of cards
try to
kiss
the feet
of god
in the
skies
a changing
vertical
phenomenon
builder neta
nexus protected
by the local bhai
only the loaded
flats can buy
the poor section
the migrants
build hope
shovels slums
on public land
on the sly
scams
corruption
has entered
the holistic
soul
of amchi
mumbai
first it was
repair permission
iron girders high
than came new
buildings supported
on stilts every
method they tried
slum development
scheme cluster
housing demand
was greater
than supply
changing
the name
from bombay
to mumbai
values traditions
love camaraderie
prematurely died
the common
fucked asunder
always taken
for a ride
a city for
dowry house
car bike
they also
burn the
bride

on the depleted soul of humility dances the whorish goddess of pride