11 JUNE RECESSION & SHE-CESSION

BABY BORN BUT DIED SOON AFTER  MOTHER ON A VENTILATOR  ALL THE WHILE    

IN THE NEXT ROOM  MOTHER DIED BUT BABY SURVIVED  

SUCH SYMMETRY IN  MATERNITY   

IN MARRIAGE HOPE MATCHES DESPAIR  INDIA’S ARRANGERS HAVE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD

WOMEN WHO’D ESCAPED THEIR PARENTS’ VILLAGE   MADE IT AS FAR AS THE CITY   A JOB AND WAGES TO CALL THEIR OWN   

MAYBE SOME MONEY SENT HOME 

BROUGHT BACK NOW TO BE MARRIED  THEIR INDEPENDENCE LOST FOREVER   HOWEVER LONG OR SHORT THE LOCKDOWN    

BACK TO THE RURAL IS THEIR NEW NORMAL  

ALL IN ALL IT’S A SHE-CESSION  

DESPAIRING OF THE FREEDOMS THEY’VE LOST  HOPING THEIR OWN DAUGHTERS WILL MANAGE TO LEAVE FOR LONGER     

UNLESS THESE WOMEN ADOPT THEIR MOTHERS’ VALUES  AS THEY THEMSELVES  REVERT TO THE PARENTAL PATTERN

WISHING THAT SINGLE WOMEN WILL NOT LOSE THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF CORONAVIRUS 

YOURS TRULY  

THE NEWS POET