Wild Flowers/08: Economics Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

Financial management of a country
Similar to a pumping station of a society.

A Pump sucks water from a source
Lifts it to the overhead tank
and distribute to the consumers through pipeline

A nation's economy too runs in similar way
The revenue department collects tax from people
deposits it to finance ministry
And sends back to the grass route level
Through various plans, projects and schemes
via state, district, block, village authorities.

here the revenue department acts like pump
Finance ministry as large overhead tank
govt. machinery works like piping system
And different authorities are
filters, valves, taps in pipeline.

The leaks, holes, cracks in the pipeline
Releases gallons of water from the system
And it goes to ditches, ponds, pools, lakes
Passing through the municipal drains.

Govt. money too leaks from the system
And goes to the cupboard, real state,
Share, illegal business and foreign banks.

This leaked money is called black money
Hawala, Commission and bribes drains
And the ditches, ponds, pools, lakes are
various foreign Banks.

(Wild Flowers)