Punish (Treat) Ment Poem by Dr.Balnarayana Bandam

Punish (Treat) ment
‘T was a small rural village
With few huts and big trees
Dwellers do agriculture for survival,
With meager amount they manage,
food, shelter, and all needs sparingly,
neither roads are there nor buses to ply
many are still without power
they gets up early to sun rise,
Leaves the cattle to meadow to graze
takes nothing of feed but go to field to work
wait for food till the maiden gets
and comes home near the sun set
along the cattle to rest and rise before day springs
this is the routine of many villagers

Together all children’s play not only with toys
But with the materials left after use,
like empty bottles, umbrella handles,
balls, bolts, sticks, and wastes of all types,
often play searching the things left over waste,

the children’s after play go and gather,
at a place where an old lady reveals bed side stories
specially in summer they stay under the neem tree
along the lady, in nights often they sleep hearing,
chronicles, riddles, tales, write ups, humbags, spoofs
put -ons, fibs and all including magic’s,
that day they hath heard about the magic of an object,
keeping in the mouth and make to disappear
next day a soda vender sold at place
while bottle broke, left the pieces in discard
all pieces along the sealing ball of bottle,
among all a boy by name kittu aged about eight
found to be very active impressive, and ranked
by act and appearance always smiling and pleasing
to the mates and members of the village
in the twilight, kitty found soda sealing ball in the waste
left keeping it in packet, thinking of doing something,
he kept it under tongue and asked mummy,
to find if she can ascertain any object in his mouth
after a glance she said nothing i couldn’t my boy,
kitty was sleepless for the total night,
Recalling the magic tricks of the lady revealed,
wanted a show of ball magic and carry friends to trance,
before dawn got up to gather friends for magic,
he hath shown the ball to friends and said
he would dissolve it in mouth, and get it back
all have seen the ball, and desired for magic start
kitty kept it under tongue and said it has gone
one seen in right cheek and one in the left
ball was not found, all went to trance for the magic trick
one boy doubted, and said it as deception,
one must show the under tongue also,
hearing the fact kitto had no other go except to swallow,
he swallowed the ball and has raised his tongue
it was not found, while all were under admiration,
the ball stuck in the throat of kitto
he was restless, un easy and suffocating,
Signaled to all pointing the ball is in his throat,
All went to kittus house awoke his parents,
Informed the fact and revealed the, act,
Saw his son and his problem with meekly mind,
Bothered and woeful for the boys state
All have advised shifting him to the doctor
As no doctor nearby, and vehicle too,
Leaving all his schedule duties aside
Father moved with kittu to nearby village stop
They Waited and waited till past noon
Neither bus nor vehicle they could find,
It was sunny day, body sweating, tongue dry
Not only kittu but his father too athirst for food
Thought of his, bullocks, buffalos and sheep at house
must be starving, including mother of kittu,
it was an act of kittu for want no gain
suffering and making other to face the problem
thinking in that line, lost his patience
watched kittu his only boy, with red and tearing eyes,
boy sitting on the ground with
his clothes wet with summer sweat
knees bent neck flexed and head down,
facing the ground and may be thinking,
for the problem and solution to solve
while with temper burst, lost control ,
father caught the scalp hair of the boy,
with slightly flexed knees and body bent,
pulled the boys head and fixed between knees,
clenched his fingers of right hand tight,
gave a powerful blow on his sons back
with his strong fist, amid out bursting anger,
the blow sound and kittus cry sounded loud
the ball of glass from the throat of kittu,
expelled out like projectile bullet from fire arm,
father, kittu said the ball is out and he was ok,
it was a happy day and hour for the villagers
greeted kittu with cheers , and all the children
delighted and planned to go to play again with
as to overcome the days play loss
it was anecdote to the village and surrounds
Even to the medical field to learn from