Mommy Knows Best

"Oh but he is just a musalman,a punjabi, a maddu."
she spat.
"And they are like that. All of them.
There. its final then."

Parsed all identities into bite sized pieces,
"Understand?"
so sitting in her lap he watched her
and learned.

"And that my child is how we do it,
see its easy
Chew their looks with your eyes to tell apart
us from them."

"Waste no time asking questions
shaking hands"
she pushed his hair back from his face
"Dog eat Dog."

"The road to success is tough
and crowded
So dont stop and ask or think or nudge
just walk over"

She turned his face to her and looked squarely
eye to eye
"I know whats best for you, my child
Would'nt I?"