HAPPY DEEPAVALLI

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

happy divali! wrote this today, and posted it with images on my facebook wall. :).

HAPPY DEEPAVALLI (A POEM)

This year, i thought i'd order
a solar lamp
here at the border
'tween orissa and andhra.

liberty lamp seemed an apt moniker
of all the products
i'd viewed
online
(e-commerce, i tell you!)
-holds solutions for consumers
once our rights
are put in line.

the lamp arrived and stood in the sun
soaked in celestial light for fun
and perhaps for a little spark.

the candle-mode, 
it works ok
the brighter look
is more of a solar flare.

i'm all for solar grids, you see
mainstream-plus
but in the meantime
this liberty lantern
works
for drink and dine.

has a hand-crank as 
the literature says.
USB ports and other ways
to charge your phones, computers, all.
in-bound, out-bound
the wherewithal
to work on starlight
and dispel
the darkest hour.
Oh, well.

here are two images
but there'll still be
a finer power:

radio-waves
might charge our shells
hi-fi, sci-fi, not quite what you think:

don't have to mine 
don't have to quarry
-that's primitive tech
for this scientific age.

we have advanced
it's not restricted
to the world
of postage
or daily wage

here's the irony:
science has the answers
technology's lagging behind
and i suspect it's to do with the sponsors

ie 
the possible
cluelessness 
of those who plan the economy
-makes for a deadly combination
with 
the corrupts (sic) of the nations
and beyond.

Anyway,
happy diwali, all!
-let there be light.
(infact, there shall).

My travels begin on the morrow
and i'll see you soon!