Sreedhar Vinnakota
Fumes
The bungalow gets scrubbed
and decked in a fresh coat
of pungent water-proof paint
and waits for the growth
of shoots in the back
yards, to complete the dream
look of the designer home.
Across the road, the ramshackle
tin-roofed tenements that house
the poor hiss like serpents
as the first rains arrive.
