The Wild On The Prowl*

(*Original by Perugu Ramakrishna) Here, Humanimals're On the prowl, now… No danger signal Can ever spot them Here Memories bloom no more In stead, only concerts Of womb-lamentations… Humanism snapped abruptly To walk away mocking At human-ism Whole life, aborted Will a girl dare walk around, again? 'Unless women morph into fossils This sorrow can't be wiped off! ' Each unto one's self On a routine basis Delhi metro is yet to overcome Its savage desire Everyone is ours—humans Just a few humanimals Of undetectable marks, That's all! Someone Somewhere Shamelessly Crudely Brutally Habituated to flesh-eating Go about boldly Stomping lives Sporting garlands of bones Repulsed at the world? Close your eyes! Civilization set aflame Pats you again into wakefulness True, now there're no Traces of 'mother-feeling' Even Mother Goddess is afraid Of a holy-procession And wouldn't step out of The sanctum sanctorum Yes! True! The present human history Is a document of Blood-streaked halts In course of the journey… Transl by Indira Babbellapati