New Slavery Poem by Ram Krishna Singh

From the 15th floor window I watch
dreams racing on the muddied road
the ugly beauty of tomorrow

the romance of the miserable
the egotist the cunning the heart-broken
the idealist the maniacs the enlightened cheats

the crafty and the unlucky too
who conceal cavity in their shoes
in the gallery of great tech game

fabricating newer lies and hypocrisies
of saffron politics secular faith and people's power
spilling blood to heal history of wrongs

create new cultural fantasy
new racism new slavery
homegrown narcissistic lords and ladies