Making light of serious stuff : short verse


Saturday, May 22, 2004



On the election day in Kolkata


Green with envy

The footpath-sleeper of Paik Para
First turned red and then green
The sleeper on the Chowringhee footpath
Boasted an upmarket address.


Painting genius

Driver Mondol’s talented son
Paints election billboards
He gets full fifty bucks
For painting Mamata Didi’s chubby cheeks.




Heavy haulage

A hungry pullcartman hauled
A heavyset seth from Shyam Bazaar for money
Not enough even for mistidoi .



Violence in love

An old arthritic tram
Molested an artistic spinster bus
Transforming her into a dimpled beauty
.



It soots his lungs

The Shyam Bazaar cop breathes in diesel
As though it were eau-de-cologne
Under his snow-white uniform
His lungs are black as a sooty kitchen wall.










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Making light of serious stuff : short verse

Saturday, May 22, 2004

On the election day in Kolkata


Green with envy

The footpath-sleeper of Paik Para
First turned red and then green
The sleeper on the Chowringhee footpath
Boasted an upmarket address.


Painting genius

Driver Mondol’s talented son
Paints election billboards
He gets full fifty bucks
For painting Mamata Didi’s chubby cheeks.




Heavy haulage

A hungry pullcartman hauled
A heavyset seth from Shyam Bazaar for money
Not enough even for mistidoi .



Violence in love

An old arthritic tram
Molested an artistic spinster bus
Transforming her into a dimpled beauty
.



It soots his lungs

The Shyam Bazaar cop breathes in diesel
As though it were eau-de-cologne
Under his snow-white uniform
His lungs are black as a sooty kitchen wall.









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