Quatrain XI -- MEN OVERBOARD

Willy, Mathany, Sardinha,

Parrikar, Mickky, Agnelo

Aren’t they the anchors, which

Have weighed down the River Princess?*

* Grounded a few hundred mts off the Candolim (Goa) coast in the 2001 monsoons, four successive state governments have failed to tow/salvage MV River Princess (owned by a local mine owner) despite imminent threat to the fragile coastal environment. The distinguished gentlemen whose names have been mentioned above, are elected politicians who are responsible for the lethargy. And the probable cause behind lethargy is a miner, with mountains of RICH ore.