Haikus About Untouchables

About Untouchables

~Zach~

We, the impoverished,

The impure and unholy

Are untouchables

Damned by the Hindus

And their caste system, which brings

Discrimination

Touchables will be

Excommunicated if

They receive my food

We cannot change, as

Forever untouchable

We all shall remain

Scavenging as work,

we live our lives bound to jobs

that all deal with death

Sleep with us and be

Excommunicated by

The rest of the town.

Our love-child can

Only live a life of shame

Because we are vile

And that is our plight

The untouchables lives are

Sad and meaningless