Demonetization: boon or bane?

Never in the history of my life

A decision and announcement

Caught the nation wide attention

With mixed reactions of welcome and protest

Yes: The demonetization: boon or bane?

The announcement to ban the higher

Denomination currencies in 500, 1000 notes

Seemed a welcome move to root out black money

as 80 percent of the money is in these denominatons

of which a very good percentage in black money

Announced just hours before midnight

got everyone off guard and by surprise

those alert immediately gathered at the ATMs

before the midnight arrival for withdrawals

in valid currencies to be for their survival

Sympathy to the genuine exchangers

Suffering in unabated serpentine queues

In banks, swelling, swelling and swelling

As the days went by, or they all genuine

Have so many notes to exchange?

Being decent salaried I had very few

Higher denominations so exchange done with ease

High serpentine queues pointed to benami exchanges

Also reminded the unpreparedness of having

Lower denominations to serve the hapless populace

A queue is a queue, people’s sufferings are sufferings

The exchanges could have been tackled prudently

With more alert steps and more preparedness

For me I see no change in the life, people

Are travelling around, everywhere, as if nothing matters

I for sure have more attention on me as ever

While on travel suffering a lot, followed, threatened

had my smart phone stolen, as if nothing matters more

My grievance apart I watch the demonetization saga

Unbiased, Ok is it boon or bane, only time will tell!

-Mohan Sanjeevan

P.S: If the intention of the move is real I still support the move

Out come let us see, im watching