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आज कल लाश उगते नहीं ||

Poem is inspired from Sankha Aditya​'s "Who will apologise for these ? "


फूटपाथ के किनारे किनारे
अब और घास उगते नहीं ||

रिफाइनरी के आगोश वाला वो चाँद
कितना स्याह पड़ गया है ;
जुबान  खोलता है कुछ कहने को
धुँआ भरा है  कंठ में
अब और सांस उगते नहीं ||

याद है
अहले सुबह बाँध  किनारे
करचियां काटा करते थे
ठिठुर गए हैं सारे कोंपले
अब और बांस उगते नहीं ||

कितना कचरा खाता है आदमी
पथ्थर बांधने की अब और जरुरत नहीं ,
फेंक दो किसी पास की बेंती में
आज कल लाश उगते नहीं ||


करचियां =Thin bamboo culm ,used as tooth brush in villages .
 बेंती = River stream
आज कल लाश उगते नहीं  = with changing scenario and excessive use of pesticides and all , we are being fed with so much of useless craps , that if some one attempts a murder and throws the body in river , it won't float , it will sink . This is narrator's imaginative anger that challenges the notional science.

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