With her delivering
a girl child
her husband
who was a confirmed drunkard
got angry not only towards his wife
but towards the entire world.
The emaciated, anaemic woman
was overwhelmed with great joy
for being evolving to
be
a mother of her pretty baby.
But her husband’s anger
was directed not only
towards the woman but
to the new born baby too.
‘If that be the cause
you are also responsible for
the birth of the baby’.
The man who was drunk
beyond limits
showered thunders over her
until she fell unconscious.
In the meanwhile
the new born gift
was crying loudly
to draw the attention of her mother
or somebody beside her.
After three to four months
the man impregnated the lady once again
without taking account
of her ill-health due to
malnourishment and hard work elsewhere
and because of her fear
and hatred of the
man she took away
the child with her
and entrusted the job of looking after the baby
in the huts of her close relatives.
After a long wait
with anxiety and anguish engulfing her
she delivered the second baby
who too was a girl child.
By the time the man
reached the hut
she took away both
her babies and vanished in the darkness...
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