Stories Untold Poem by lalitha iyer

Have you ever heard
of stories
of those beggars
whose hunger triggers
them to steal
the history of the land
and bequeath the geography
to aliens
just for empty stomachs
and endangered hearts

Have you ever talked
to a woman who beds
every day with men new
stinking from head to foot
yet smuggling joy
from stenches destroyed
you watch the dancing beauties
have you seen the haggard male
dumping his garbage
into the underdeveloped Indias
poor, unemployed, hungry
hapless woman wretched dustbins
whose stories none hear....