Buying Onions

Buying Onions, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

buying onions
for the very
poor is akin
to buying gold
as the black
marketeers
this precious
item hoard
onions now
rs 100 a kilo
says the board
as usual our
government
wakes up
from slumber
when the
opposition
hits them
cold .. the
public suffers
economy
of the poor
mans kitchen
out of control
everything
steep hike
fuel LPG
kerosene
even the
poor mans
coal.. 2014
elections
round the
corner
more freebies
even land freehold
even the youth
of our nation
are cribbing
like the crotchety
old ..hope too
has lost its
only foothold
once upon a time
in mumbai ..no
more dobara
a city potholed
the migrants
residents
are running
away to
other states
no not gujrat
i am told
to nitishs bihar
a prosperous option
to get a toehold


but i am happy
in bandra
living on a
garbage dump
poetry pinholed