Even before the discovery of wash lets, <br />from the land of rising sun in the east, <br />Even before the invention of washrooms, <br />from the land of congested petty nations, <br />Even before the construction of squatting, <br />holes and the adjacent storage compartments, <br />There were people who discharged in the buckets, <br />in the palace of Buckingham. <br />Workers collected one pound for a bucket, <br />Masters sprayed the new perfume distilled. <br /> <br />Ladies of London had taken their clothes, <br />to wash in the streams and rivers, <br />across the town a century ago, <br />that the people, <br />from the kampung of Indonesia do <br />until today. <br />Village ladies from India, <br />take the sombhu early morning, <br />to empty their bowels before sun rise. <br />Village ladies from India, <br />go to the kulam to bathe and clean, <br />while their men bathe on the other side. <br />None ravish none, <br />as they have no sin. <br /> <br />Presence of pimps, <br />is the sign for poverty. <br />Is License to prostitute, <br />the sign of prosperity? <br />Women have this license, <br />and they have to renew it yearly, <br />in a few European countries. <br />Men are very clever, <br />to perfumed the smelling palace. <br />Men are very clever, <br />to change a woman to a whore, <br />on their own, <br />and this need is created, <br />by the men and for the men. <br />Fools are us, we, women. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Kampung is a Malay word for village. <br />Sombhu is water pitcher in Tamil. <br />Kulam means pond in Tamil<br /><br />veeraiyah subbulakshmi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cleaning-rituals-of-clever-men/