In Sector 17 – The Destitute

Do look at him.

Old and beaten,

By the hounds of cruel fate,

Physically, broken,

Half blind, hunch backed,

Seemingly ashamed of his

Half naked body.

His spiritual ruin

Has now begun, he begs,

He cries piteously,

Some grains of shame remain,

Slowly, silently they

Will be blown away.

Then he will belong,

To that derelict wreck

Of society, which we

Form by our callousness,

He will be called a beggar

By us,

And a destitute on

A numbered government file,

In an imposing government office.

(Composed by Dinesh K Kapila)

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(Sector 17 is the commercial hub of Chandigarh for those who do not know)

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