Police Don't Act Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

Police don't act
Friday,17th July 2020

Nobody is to be blamed
innocence is not to be claimed
it is a thriving business
to make trespass and gain access

politicians and land mafias are not behind
they find
money and muscle power
to grab the land and enjoy it later

the poor are not to be spared either
it has become business here
occupy the land and make a little hut
anywhere and at any place to shut the open way

police atrocity is not appreciated either
they are rushed to vacate the land from the grabbers
it isbased either on court order
or through an administrative circular

there is procedure
and everybodyshall have to adhere to
an open land doesn't mean you occupy
and later on, defy

police don't act of their own
the court orders are shown
the notices are issued for the vacation of land
if defied intentionally, they are compelled to vacate at the end

Hasmukh Mehta