jvl narasimha rao

THE SELFISH GOD OF FRAUD

Before the election

 Like a poor beggar you

Come to us with your

Folded hands, sweet words

Magical tricks and alluring

promises. You swear to bring

heaven to earth FOR US

 

After the election you

Will build a temple for

Yourself and become

A god of fraud in the sanctum

 and bless only the rich, mighty

and the powerful  as they offer

you lucrative offerings and

bribe the priest with luring

gifts and gold coins

 

The poor and the oppressed

Have to wait outside

the corridors of the temple

in an unending queue

lamenting their fate and

your broken promises

they know you are a

selfish god of fraud

of only the rich and the mighty