And after some days
in some newspaper corner
we read an ambiguous brief note.
One day
commotion of cars
to the village, dalit colony and home,
consolation, report and compensation..
and an empty Ah!
For a few days
visits, meetings and statements,
and paper horses.
then as usual slowly
with barely audible steps
all go, silent.
The gravedigger animals
once dig a grave
no one covers the dead with kafan again
and for the lamp that is blown out
no one sheds a tear.
And then pushed into a dark room
the Sobs, the sickle, the basket,
the courtyard, and hands without bangles
are totally helpless!
Kafan, shroud to cover dead body prior to last rites
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