The Beggar Poet And The Beggars Of Banganga

The Beggar Poet And The Beggars Of Banganga, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

the beggars
i shoot i meet
them virtually
everywhere
at haji malang
at almost every
spiritual fair
nameless faces
at crossroads
market square
mothers in burkha
with their ward
at mahim church
on a wheel chair
or beggar at jj
colony bandra
epileptic with
a quixotic
stare ,, beggars
are as nomadic
as i am seeking
new pastures
away from
poetic despair
beggars with
manufacturing
defects gods
mechanics
could not
repair..
born from
a faulty
hardware
beggars
at bhendi
bazar drugged
to their nostrils
gasping for air
ganja charas
gard hidden
in their
underwear
lepers like
maria now
gone to
her hometown
in mangalore
somewhere
her daughter
mary holds
fort ..unusual
pair,, the blind
beggar boy had
his eye operated
recuperating
in an aftercare
i shoot beggars
beggars shoot
me with their
blessings
with their
prayers

i will not be able
to poetize the pain
of the beggars of
taragadh and ajmer
deva sharif .meera datar
nizamuddin aulia ..
shooting pain without
footwear .. dam madar
beda par makanpur
seeking hope welfare
the beggars will always
be beggars much
richer than your
millionaires