In Favour Of Postcards Poem by Arvind Srivastava

A river got lost due to our actions
The 25 paise coin was pushed into the trough
The herons were driven away from the sky..

The girl whom I had bid farewell on an express train
She is not even an inch away from me
She is here somewhere
On this very earth
In my memories
Like a beautiful dream
No doubt one day

Our beloved postcard will be separated from us in the same way
The messengers of IT companies
For the sake of chit-chat
Will keep distributing inboxes as gifts

The politicians will cleverly whitewash
In favour of some murder
Before the state announcement
Come, let us buy
Lots of postcards