MY CITY, YOUR CITY

Poisoned milk to feed and
muddied waters to bathe
polluted air to breath
and waste food to eat
congested rooms to pull on
and stinking sanitary
facilities
breeding ground of
infectious and contagious
diseases
eyes well-trained for
witnessing blood-chilling sights
and
ears conditioned for
deafening sounds of
busy streets, rail-tracks
and airways,
vehicles, local trains
and air-planes
an orchestra at its
crescendo
the prisoners of
red-light streets and
gallys preying victims
with smell of marigold,
cheap powder and
perfumes piercing the
nostrils of the
passersby.
The parks, gardens
sea and beaches,
five-star luxuries
macho and pretty
youth and blonds
ever glittering
tinsel world
my city, your city
the one in all
our beloved city.