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A Challenge for you Architect

A challenge for you architectDepartment of Fisheries we beA building suited to us we wantA Fisheries Building to see…. Don MatthewsNovember 2021

Excluded She Waits

The bride in the cornerExcluded, she waitsWhile groom in the meantimeJoins in with his mates…. Don Matthews October 2021

Bricks

Filling a holeThat was the doorRan out of bricksCome back for more…. Don MatthewsOctober 2021

Born Under a Good Sign

This is the lifeTo which I was bornStops my pawsFrom getting worn…. Don MatthewsOctober 2021

A Creek in New Delhi

Anything worth salvaging?Anything of worth?Nothing here to laugh aboutNot a scene of mirth…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Inequality in Mumbai

Separated by a fieldInequalityTwo suburbs built in MumbaiJust scroll down to see…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Decadence

The billionaire and mansionSkyscraper and the lotDecadence such decadenceShows the haves/have nots…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Can’t fly back to my countryCompletely out of luckFlights are banned from enteringThis insane place, I’m stuck We’re running out of oxygenRunning out of testsBurning bodies everywhereDon’t know what to do best? They let us gather, thousandsWithout the need of masksThis is insane governingNot mandating masks Lining up at polling boothsSocial distancingJust goes out theContinue reading “This Insane Place I’m In”

Winning I Am Easily

I am the Covid virusPolitics you playFree vaccines to Bengal ifYou win and get your way Keep playing at your politicsYour people they despairWinning I am easilyBut you don’t seem to care You hold pol-itic rallysThousands you have thereHardly there’s a mask in sightBut you don’t seem to care Look at all the funeral pyresBurningContinue reading “Winning I Am Easily”