children's lost voices in the earth below

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the clock behind the veil of walls
tick-tocks
concrete-concerto
pouring mixed signals
droplets of vibrations
distortions-disorientations

late departure of train
from the third station
where the traceless trails 
un-possess a proper destination

where they will be taken 

decapitated, frozen in the fridge 
living amongst the scums of the streets 
being manipulated as sex dolls for satisfying sexual appetite
added as working mechanisms and engines to power factories

as if they were spare parts
fragile
easily discarded--- profitable tools

pyramids and hierarchies are constraining
as the / dalits / carry the load
burden of making ends meet
just to survive and thrive in a treadmill

where dead bodies are to be found
hanging along the rails
blood-streaked barbed wires

these hungry souls
keep playing hopscotch
with unknown dangers

handcuffed in situations
they were born of
de-privileged living amongst the slums
labelled with every box and cube-prisons

but their eyes are windows to permeate through darkness

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