CRY FOR ALTERNATIVE
- Ram
Krishna Singh (India)
There is a whole lot of crowded life
under the long flyover
--from fish market to plastic tents and
car parking to excretion—
poor pedestrians can’t cross the road
either side
they fear auto rickshaws, bikes, food
stalls, pushes and pickpockets
on the footpath extended shops
short-circuit every movement
opposite Paras Cancer Centre in Raja
Bazar
it’s a sight of sepsis with multiple
dysfunction
--a consilience of rural ambition with
urban abundance—
they cry for alternative diagnosis but
lack doctor and ventilation
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