Unwanted Citizens

Unwanted Citizens

They sit by the roadside all over the streets

On the dust laden pavements

With hands widely stretched out

Addressed to none in particular,

But to whom it may concern.

They look malnourished and haggard

Pensively facing in one direction,

Directly opposite them

Hardly do they glance sideways

Water seems to have eluded their tiny bodies

Just like food itself

It all speaks for itself

They constitute both males and females,

The young and the old: many of whom disease colonised.

Some say a few words to the army of passers-by

Who simply ignore them or grievously look away

Nobody cares about them.

They are the wretched of the earth

Those whom even nature could have forsaken

They are the unwanted citizens.

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