An Ecopoem
Entering the bottle
The river got sold
Water is free
But bargain began.
The river kept hanging
From each hand
And all bags.
The empty bottles
Kept floating
On the river.
The river got polluted
In exchange of pure water.
Entering the empty bottles
The river got sold again.
Translated by Ananda Bormudoi
Manjit Saikia Chaliha is an Assamese poet and lyricist. He has published two collections of poems. He lives in Muscat, Oman.