Corruption

Giving 100 rupees at the traffic post,
Corruption was the parasite and I its host.
Little did I realize I was helping it breed,
And now its thriving, threatening. Country, pay heed.

Brazen irony , Gandhian calls the politician thee,
Stacked illegally is no-one but Gandhi.
Pitiful is this state where the guardian itself ransacks,
Someone please tell Digvijay, its character he lacks.

Morality's wronged when you take what’s not yours, O greedy,
Further harmed because what you take is for a needy.
What could have been a daily bread, a winter thread,
You are shamelessly multiplying in UBS; in news I read.

We have work to do, to set things right,
Non- cooperation, satyagraha whatever it takes in this fight.
Anna and Ramdev have led, we have to cope,
From this ash, a phoenix will emerge. A ray of hope.

Of anger, containment withstanding, a volcano has erupted,
To cleanse my nation which is this corrupted.




READER NOTES (to help appreciate my subtleties better )

Line 6 : 'Gandhi' refers to Indian currency notes
Line 11 : 'thread' refers to warm clothing for poor
Line 12 : UBS is Union Bank of Switzerland.