What all happened
While you were away?
The mother pigeon
Nesting behind
The air conditioning duct
Lost her solitary egg
Which rolled down
7 floors to a splat.
I forgot
All about the rice
In the pressure cooker
And now
It’s burnt to a crisp
That even the maid
Cannot wash off.
Father was here
Reading by the window
He slept off
In his chair
And someone
Ran away
With his glasses
Stolen, through
The open window.
Your very favorite
Little neighbour
That little brat
Broke
Our Kondapalli doll
With his famous
Penalty shot
The daal crisps
I was making
To send back home
While set to dry
On a sheet on the terrace
Took off
With the wind
Like a magic carpet
Nothing went right
Until I sat to write
The day’s stories to you
I will have more
For you to know
Tomorrow
Like everyday
While you were away.
While you were away?
The mother pigeon
Nesting behind
The air conditioning duct
Lost her solitary egg
Which rolled down
7 floors to a splat.
I forgot
All about the rice
In the pressure cooker
And now
It’s burnt to a crisp
That even the maid
Cannot wash off.
Father was here
Reading by the window
He slept off
In his chair
And someone
Ran away
With his glasses
Stolen, through
The open window.
Your very favorite
Little neighbour
That little brat
Broke
Our Kondapalli doll
With his famous
Penalty shot
The daal crisps
I was making
To send back home
While set to dry
On a sheet on the terrace
Took off
With the wind
Like a magic carpet
Nothing went right
Until I sat to write
The day’s stories to you
I will have more
For you to know
Tomorrow
Like everyday
While you were away.
(Penned Dec 12, 2009)
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