PROBITY
Confession felt cowered silent,
The human mind betrays
resilient,
The ambit of lure indefinite
impede,
Always not possible to proceed,
(1)
Impulsive thought flows, tense,
Irked mind's dirty play
intense,
Physical attraction infinite
irk,
Thirsty heart, seeks, dares
risk, (2)
It has happened to me, sadly,
Hundred running claim madly,
What is not achievable for
lives?
Fight it our bitter battle
lives, (3)
They say openly or disguised,
Plays none attached realized,
Sadly, confess, my loophole
lit,
One among a million grab tight,
(4)
Cruelty exists hideous in
implicit,
As long as looting hides
deceit,
Play a gentle, polite, sober
life,
Under the belt preserve knife,
(5)
Wait, mean me, not murderer,
Knife helps to cut, purse fear,
How many educated learned,
Siphoned a million, cornered,
(6)
Clarion public service donate,
Manipulated, stolen, yet
resonate,
Modern lives sycophant edge,
Cleanly swindle asset praise,
(7)
Why not me? leader, thinker,
Amass unholy assets trickier,
Con, not bracket money, land,
Coteries female friends stand,
(viii)
Spend money after them holy,
Support to sinful life
solemnly,
Blind support with lies sweet,
Powerful position status meet,
(9)
Yet sing for their mentor,
pray,
Get commands, wink, hell prey,
Night club parlor red-light
sad,
Night time prowl, jackals mad,
(10)
Dawn break, white dress, smile,
They have children, wife,
style,
Respected personality, decent,
Society hails media quiescent,
(11)
Money flows change hands lit,
Affluence suave exchange feat,
Ah, lead my life one of them
fit,
Showed grit for a million
explicit, (12)
Courage dear to loot, daylight,
Law bends suit moral upright,
I shouted clarion equality
hail,
Equal distribution booty quell,
(13)
Age cruel vulture steals spine,
Bending not for risks, I
resign,
Probity for a fox unholy undue,
Recluse, opted, stay alone,
queue, (14)
Not me, not them, generation
hit,
Probity, upper-class status
emit.
To the root rotten greenery
link,
Sabotage honesty fruitful sink.
(15)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Probity
Themes: Corruption is
paradoxically benign
Written: 6th November 2023,
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