Elections- Carnival Of Criminals Poem by RADHAKRISHNAN KRISHNAN

Touted as one-of-a- kind festival,
Of our raucous democracy, grand spectacle,
A congregation too of anti-socials,
A blemish, making it grim and woeful.

Days of Euphemism, lies and emotionalism,
Enticing ideologies like egalitarianism,
Promises of paradise, new and old,
And package of freebies that gets unfold.

Gifted with honeyed words and toxic mind,
They cajole us to go willingly blind,
Full of charisma and devoid of character,
Once elected, they all turn in to predators.

Some lie with lips and some with tears,
All show mirage and instill fear,
Some play caste card to divide and rule,
All take it for granted that voters are fools.

Plummeting to lowest level in campaign trail,
Honour and decency is thrown in to jail,
Elections have became carnival of criminals,
Hypnotizing with speeches subliminal.
© K. Radhakrishnan