An American Girl Rather Than Mrs. Ghumtawalli (Hidden, Covered) Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

An American girl
Doing,
Hi-hello,
How are you,
Want I,
An American belle,
Blonde,
Golden and sparkling
And glistening
Want I
Saying,
Hello,
Hello,
How are you,
Want I
Glistening and sparkling,
Speaking English beautifully,
With an intonation of hers,
A nasal sound of hers,
The stress and the thud
Of hers,
Stopping not,
Listening and answering

Rather than an Indian wife
Mrs. Ghumtawalli,
Burkhawalli Bibi,
Mrs. Purdahwalli,
Will not step out,
The whole world will see
Her,
His wife,
The beauty under the veil,
Mrs. Lajwanti, Shy,
Ready to quarrel,
Ghumtawalli Bibi,
One from a tabooed society,
Conservative and conventional.