New Breed Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

Love the poor by onion’s price
Food grains have disappeared and in scarce
Tomatoes are rare commodity
Now escape route is possible only if facilitated by almighty

New breed of politicians have appeared on scene
Poverty as such has never been seen
They have heard it in school
But now are out in street to make people fool

Economists try hard to lower prices
Politicians bale it on season’s changes
There is no dearth of new promises
Country suffers and slips to languish

With country’s top economist as prime minister
Country suffers a lot with plots sinister
He never rules country but helplessly watches
The corrupt people have taken over and silently reached

Can you imagine about plight of people?
For bread and vegetables they have to struggle
The luxury cars and air travel is their daily routine
Poor has no place to offer hard work in famine

Why curse does not fall on these people?
With many of unseen calamities to trouble
They survive even air crashes
God too favors grace and fails to see