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Thursday, January 04, 2007

The Scarlet Woman



Cold night, lonely street..
Light stroking me from a far-away lamp
Flashy red dress, rouge and lipstick
I wait there, ready to play the role of a vamp

Hateful looks from passers-by,
Dirty words hurling past..
Fear of the police frisking me away
I hope that a customer soon comes my way

Neither do I steal nor do I kill
All I do is a job for a living
My child's ill, havta pay the bill
Twenty an hour, I'll do the thing

outcast I may be by the society
but my need, dont they have?
I care not, I do my duty
I am but a rose on the grave

15 Comments:

    • At 11:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      "Neither do I steal nor do I kill
      All I do is a job for a living
      My child's ill..."
      depicts the helplessness of the mother..
      great poem, an eye opener for the society..
      keep them going..!!

       
    • At 4:49 PM, Anonymous Karthik Rao said…

      well..this sure is a nice post out there..hope ppl get to know the actual jist of the theme...
      i recomend u ppl out there to chk out the song "TURN THE PAGE" by Metallica..this is a song of a similar theme..
      im not sure if my sis was influenced by that song.. ;) ..

       
    • At 9:59 PM, Anonymous chethan said…

      ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ.

       
    • At 10:56 AM, Blogger roopa said…

      @bhavajeevi..

      ninna kavitegalannu odide..chennagide..nanu kannadalli bariyakke prayanta madbeku antha anstide ivaga :-)

      @karthik..

      thanx kar..but just to clear ur doubts..i was not even aware of the metallica song :-p


      @chetan

      thanx chetan :-)

       
    • At 9:05 AM, Blogger prash said…

      Hey, that's a nice poem....

      and btw, "Turn the page" was by Bob Saeger.... and its abt a budding rock star's jittery lifestyle.... Metallica however interpreted it in a diffrent way in thier cover version....

      nyways, will be great to read kannada padhyagalu....

       
    • At 4:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      thats great to hear..!!
      khanditha bareyalu praythnisu...!!
      kannada belayali..
      Keep writing in both the languages..!!

       
    • At 8:58 AM, Blogger roopa said…

      @Prash..

      I checked out the video of 'Turn the page..'..it seems to be somewot similar yet different..

      kannada dalli bariyakke prayatna madbeku..not sure if i can..:-)

      @bhavajeevi

      thanx for the support :-)

       
    • At 2:32 PM, Blogger prash said…

      kannadadhalli bareyuva prayathnadhalli good luck ! .....going by the english ones, should be good .....btw, i got ur blog link from orkut(i guess, u were in my friend's friend list).... are u studying in Dallas? Iam studying at PennState..... nyways, chek out my photoblog sometime : http://www.pennstory.blogspot.com/

       
    • At 2:39 PM, Blogger prash said…

      and abt "turn the page"..... its jus the video(metallica) which has a theme similar to ur poem.... the lyrics weren't written with that theme and hence is different ..... so if u just read the lyrics without seeing the video, it may ring a different bell .... ok....lemme stop blabering .... goodluck with kannada padhyagalu!

       
    • At 7:46 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      Both your poem and "Turn the page" video seem to justify the "dubious" means of the protagonist. The "I have a child at home" excuse does not justify the means.

       
    • At 6:35 AM, Blogger माकूचाकू said…

      Nice blog... just passing by :)

      Keep writing...
      Maku
      http://makuchaku.info/blog

       
    • At 10:10 AM, Blogger roopa said…

      @shankar


      The idea here is to look at things from the eyes of the protagonatist..As a society, people condemn her, but as individuals,the same people engage her services.She doesnt feel the need to justify to the society about how she earns to support her ailing child. As long as she doesnt cheat/kill, her conscience is clear :-)

       
    • At 10:45 AM, Blogger Ricky said…

      Very well written, Roopa. So many people have forgotten about these girls and to the people who want them they are a commodity and for rest of the world they are just invisible.

       
    • At 10:38 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      roopa, well written

      Thanks for stopping at my abode as well

       
    • At 4:54 PM, Blogger roopa said…

      @MakuChaku..

      Thanx..

      @Ricky..

      Thanx Ricky..
      You are right..These woman dont have a choice but to remain secluded..

      @Marthyan

      Thanx :-)

       
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