A Girl Child. Poem by Subhadip Bhattacharya

One look at the daughter girl
And I sigh and relax. At least I don't
Have to wait for her support.
It don't have to wait for her to grow old
So that we can have a heart to heart discussion.

Seems very different but that's a fact.
Oh what a burden it would have been to
Have a boy child and wait.
Now I have a girl gift and no more waiting.
Oh what a relief.
Feeling shit, those scoundrels who
Kill the baby girl in the womb.
And then declare that they are not
Murderers.