Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa
“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?
Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa, PhD is an Assistant Professor of English at P.G. Campus, TU, Biratnagar. His anthology of poems, Fad Fervors has been published from Pakistan in September, 2020. Some of his poems and short stories have also been published on Sahitto.com, Bangladesh, The Writers Club, USA, Offlinethinker.com, Nepal, The Gorkha Times and Sahityapost.com, Nepal.