My Village Now Poem by Sathya Narayana

The village woke up.

Ramayya was bitten by a snake.

Somayya yelled aloud calling others.

Krishna rushed to bring

the village druid, Peer Saheb.

Bramnayya went to fetch

a wizard from other village.

A young doctor appeared

with his stethoscope and kit.

Some youngsters with sticks

searched for the slimy fugitive.

Within minutes the entire village was

at Ramayya's threshold.

No one knows what worked.

Ramayya recovered.

Ramesh, a young lad came

with the carcass of the snake

hanging at the end of his stick.

'A cobra! 'people exclaimed.

This happened 30 years ago.

- - - - - -

Now Ramayya won't talk to Somayya.

Somayya doesn't enter Krishna's street.
Peer Saheb is no more.

His children settled in the city.

Recently Brammayya was beaten

by Suresh in paddy fields.

Flags of different colours are flying on houses.

Latest riot before elections consumed 5 lives.

Now the entire village looks as if it is poisoned.

No doctor to treat it.

No antidote.. No anti-venom serum

can save this village.

This time it is not a cobra.

The village is bitten by politics!