PROGRESS CARD

POEM

Criss-crossing the nation,

in the run-up to the

General Elections

citizens at the bottom of

social ladder

are offered tall promises.

The parties and leaders of

political parties are

distributing the promises

on a silver platter

thereby assuring all citizens

irrespective of caste, creed and religion

to better the lives of all

within a short spell at

the most hundred days.

And those parties and their

leaders who win the elections

after assumption of power

do virtually nothing

to alleviate the sufferings

of the poor barring the

well-being of the ones who

are born with a silver-spoon

in their mouths.

The have-nots are

taken for a ride

and even after a prolonged spell

their conditions remain pathetic.

Being taken for a ride,

these days the poor

ones take the promises

of the leaders on a shovel of salt.

Thus the seeds of

a rebellion are sown

which within a short period

evolve into a civil war.