Saturday, October 05, 2019

Tragedies of the caved kind

They visit rock-cut monuments
taking time off diverse commitments
across different establishments

They spoil the sanctity of the environs

with their flashy foot marks
stomped and stamped
drenched in self-glory 

coupled with umpteen mobile clicks
packaged for Facebook posterity

shamelessly endorsed
by the family, for the family


Worse, the damage takes a devastating turn

when they brazenly broadcast
musty Wikipedia entries
as proof of their
overflowing intellect

overriding the enduring work
of few great souls:
archaeologists, historians & thinkers - all in one

who found a second home
in the divine caves,
surveying and studying them,

unfolding their timeless charm
for the benefit of the world at large

Tragedies of the caved kind make you cave in
to the cavemen diktats of modern times.