Modi Moneytoring Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Modi moneytoring

Prime Minister did it again
This time a surgical and
Surprise (for some shocking) strike
On the circulation of
Unaccounted money
Making one thousand and five hundred
Rupees currencies illegal over night

Prime Minister made his presence felt
When the earlier Prime Minister
Never gave us to feel he was functioning

A difficult decision to take
Still difficult measure to implement
Further difficult for common man
Who, especially, depend on daily wage
Though claim is that it is only temporary
And for two or three days
From tomorrow Indians will have the new
Two thousand and five hundred rupee currencies
For their use is what the arrangement

I wonder what would have I done
If I hold such unaccounted big money

I cannot go to the bank for changing it legitimate
I cannot donate to any as it will not be accepted
I cannot keep the bundles of erstwhile currencies
I would not throw them into dust bin
As it will be picked up and I may be tracked down
I would not burn them
As the huge thick smoke emanating from it
Will hurt me and mine
No one knows how much midnight oil I would have burnt
In creating this ill wealth in darkness

I am forced to believe that money is every thing
When in short supply and when it just makes ends meet
Beyond that it burdens more than what sins do

Now it strikes me
I would rather deposit (drop more precisely)
In any temple (and other places of worship) collection boxes
Which can be done without making my identity known
May be the benefit of this bad currency will feed the needy
May be the money will be used in meeting some social cause
May be the amount will help some needy
To get better medical attention
May be the wealth, though ill by nature,
Will help some schools come up

I would have thanked the Government
For making me realize the real worth of money
For making me appreciate the pains of others
For making me understand the money has other better uses
Than just to add to my comforts
Let wisdom dawn on affluence generators
So that they create wealth by right means
And let the generate riches be shared
In right proportions with those
Who took part in the process of asset-creation
I wish the Government all success
In the purposeful implementation
Of this dirty cash curtailing effort