Dig – they must! At dawn’s first yawn A time when silence is holy – their drills are on! Wow – a patch of road has just been laid – But oh no! it’s torn down again by BMC’s brigade! Tar gets laid down in midnight haste -melted again – oh what a waste! Bulldozers, mechanised machines then two more Mumbai dances on a cratered floor! Every step is a gamble on these city’s streets Can we even walk without falling 5 feet deep? What is BMC getting done? Is this for development or is it for fun? These men in vests and neon gear Stretch the work from month to year! Is this clock only for a civic rhyme? Which never runs on time! From Bandra to Andheri and even beyond The roads are valleys where dreams only respond Rickshaws and taxis weave through this mist City lights keep glowing like a lover’s tryst Pipes they gargle and cables only snake Promises are always made but they always break! Barricades are blooming almost everywhere Getting out on the choked roads is becoming a scare! Throug...