People sleep outside a bank as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

A national distraction
A national auction
Your money for your patriotism
Your hand on your heart
Feet on clouds of fervour
Head completely emptied
Cocooned by propaganda
Cushioned by heart’s-talk
Robbed of all volition
A slave to wild hope
And daydreams of destiny
Craven, coward, compliant
Complicit in a conspiracy
Masquerading as a country

Pic:   Courtesy The Morung Express

Jayaprakash Satyamurthy lives in Bangalore. He writes various kinds of corporate content for a living. He also writes fiction. He plays the bass guitar for a band and he and his wife Yasmine work for causes they believe in, support  hordes of cats and dogs,  and each other’s many dreams. Jayaprakash also maintains a sporadic blog at http://aaahfooey.blogspot.com

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