Borewell (Poem)

Lying in wait in broad daylight
Gaps in the earth
Like meaningless words
Of a news hound
Tapping soundless tears
Will the funeral be delayed?

Walking the same way as yesterday,
but somehow foosteps sense tragedy
And the sky is shrunk to a moon
A circle of light far above
No homework for me
Today or any other day.

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Sandeep, 9 years old, died trapped in an abandoned borewell for 57 hrs, RIP.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr262007/update028442007427.asp