10 MAY THE PASSAGE HOME

GREEN MAN DRESSED AS A HEDGE TO ELUDE THE LAW OF LOCKDOWN

WHAT LARKS IN LEAFY ENGLAND!     

IN INDIA   NOT TO BE ZEROED BY POLICE   MIGRANT LABOURERS LEAVE THE ROADS LEADING TO THEIR HOME STATE AND TAKE TO THE RAILWAY TRACKS INSTEAD  

BOLD STEEL AXIS  RISING OVER UNDERGROWTH OF SHIFTING SNAKES STRETCHED TO A VANISHING POINT OF HEAT HAZE    

LINES CROSSED BY WOODEN SLEEPERS WITH 40KM BEHIND THEM  WHERE ELSE WOULD THESE YOUNG MEN LAY DOWN TO REST/ 

THEIR HEADS PROPPED UP AGAINST THE RAILS  

IN THE EARLY HOURS THE FREIGHT TRAIN’S CLICKETY CLACK WASN’T LOUD ENOUGH TO ALARM THEM    

NOW THERE ARE 16 BODIES FAST TRACKED IN A SEALED COMPARTMENT      

SOME PEOPLE WILL GO TO ALMOST ANY LENGTHS   THEY’RE SO DESPERATE TO GET HOME

WISHING THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT HOME BUT NOT IN THE PEACE OF THE GRAVE   

YOURS TRULY    

THE NEWS POET