Titilagarh - Hottest Poem by Gajanan Mishra

I stay here,
Temperature goes
Beyond 49/50 degree Celsius.
Hottest place
With the highest temperature.

Titilagarh,
In Balangir district,
Odisha, India.

Here, common men earn
And they spend most parts
In liquor.

Here, money laundering,
Gamblings, prostitutes,
Are not uncommon,
Sorry to say, all know well.

Political leaders, officers,
Rich men- all use
Common men as tools
To fulfill their desire.

Left and right,
No scope for common men.
Division of Titilagarh
Has been made by Railways
North and south.

I find no one
Interested in culture, here.
But each one is engaged
In fighting against another
With instigation of profit taker.

Titilagarh, I live here.

Still, I love Titilagarh.
Still, I am a joker,
And no one cares for
My presence.
No one recognizes me
As a poet or a writer.
Still, I compose poems,
I write articles,
For common men,
And for all.