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Nakusa is Hindi for “unwanted”, a name given to
many unwanted girls in India. See the article link
below the poem.
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In ancient Rome, the babies were exposed
To all the elements and left to die
When their existence was by men opposed
And hardened hearts heard not their tiny cry.
Today, we wear smooth silk, don sweet perfume,
Refined in all we do, quite civilized.
Expose them? No! They have another doom:
We cut their spinal cords – murder reprised.
In name or deed, we say, “Unwanted child!”
Our self, not you, is what is highly prized.
The old and new have hearts by hate defiled.
But we’re far better – we are civilized!
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The unwanted girls of India change their names:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44998378/ns/world_news-wonderful_world/?gt1=43001
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photo by sanja gjenero at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mgynPSO/garbage+bin+3
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© Dennis Allen Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2016.
The Bard on the Hill 