Girls
from good families
do not fly kites.
Kites have colours
colours
have desires
and
desires do sting
Kites are made of paper
paper
gets torn
then
the body becomes impure
Kites have strings
strings
go loose
they
lose their way
There is flight in the kites
they
fight with the clouds
their
nerves break down
That is why girls from good
families
never
fly kites.
Translated from Hindi
by the poet
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