Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

for the poor man
a dream gone sour
rushing to other
indian cities
as a migrant
beaten black
blue because
in his state
no progress
no development
no hope
ignored
by those
madly in
love with
power
where white
elephants
colorful cycle
the anxious hand
the lonely lotus
flower ..wait
for that golden
opportunity
golden hour
nero fiddles
as dreams
burn outside
his political
bower
the bhaiyya
north indian
not letting go
stoic possessed
dour ..rising
prices of dal
chawal bhaji
pyaz alu flour
a free computer
father son
on the screen
ambitiously
grow glow
a thought
overpower
on the
banks of
the ganges
huts jhopdis
looming towers