The Unsung Hero of the Gutters

The Unsung Hero of the Gutters, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

when a
doomed
dangerous
building
due to municipal
delay negligence
falls the juniors
get suspended
the decorator
who made
internal structural
changes gets
arrested by
default but
the grand lady
on the top
unmoved
where
the buck
stopped
has the gall
to still be
standing
tall ..
this is
mumbai
chaltai hai
attitude
protected
by political
patronage
says it all
now if the
guy who cleans
the gutter dies
of poisonous
fumes
will it matter
in mumbai
nothing halts
a poor mans
death was his
own fault
on the soul
of law order
governance
the final
assault
mumbai cries
mumbai dies
but rises like
a phoenix
into a tower
from a chawl