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Wipe those tears, Ma
I'm not hungry anymore
The food has paused my begging bowl
For this moment I'm free

We're watching our little sister
Our mum is nearby
Over there selling peanuts
And bhel puri
See, there

These robes of silk
Are all I own
And a cup for some tea
Someone gave me a blanket
It gets cold at night, you see
Oh, I sleep down here
In the basement between the cars
My children?
I haven't seen them in years
Since they abandoned me