Electorate
by Ananya S. Guha / January 31st, 2016
There is caste, religion, and colour
in a blur
you take one out
the other behaves like a lout
they all want to be together
because that is how they matter
so that they can be used
unused and of course misused!
We the commoners
marvel at their way
and how they forever and ever, stay
come what may.
Now there is a story,
less than gory
how history makes a country
running nilly willy
but history they say is fiction
so let’s cause a friction
a little mess up is always good
to keep the elections up
and in a swinging mood!
Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding.
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This article was posted on Sunday, January 31st, 2016 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
