How Dare You?
/“How dare you wash my classy shirt
with your torn socks in the same tub?”
The boss lashed, caned the boy.
The boy was instructed
to eat in a separate clutched plate;
drink in cracked cup with no handle;
sleep in a thin bed under a cellar.
The boy cooked foods for the boss,
even massaged when he felt sick,
was assured that they were brothers,
sent by god to help him in troubles.
But how dare he wash
the branded, silk shirt of the boss
with his socks,
purchased in a local fair?
By Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa
From: Nepal