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Sonia Gandhi's Motorcade

from Chai: Travel Poems by Marc Nair feat. Neon & Wonder

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Sonia Gandhi’s Motorcade
(Ernakulam, Kerala)

Backwaters seem peaceful with splashes of children,
yet bargemen pole hard against the murky bottom.

Things are never on the surface, not like in the old tales.
Kingdoms in peril were rescued by honourable
acts of courage, swords and tricky warrior monkeys.

The hammer and sickle now rule cottage industries,
yet women spin coconut fibres like Mahabharata stories,
twisting adventure and morals together.

Across two rivers, the party line forms a barricade,
arms raised to honour Sonia Gandhi’s waving hand.

On one dollar a day, women trade strands of rope
for rice and dahl to feed their families, caught
in the spinning web of these backwaters.

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from Chai: Travel Poems, released April 20, 2012

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