WHEN ‘SID’ WAS ‘SMALL’
LONG LONG AGO
I CAN STILL REMEMBER THOUGH
HOW THAT “RARA” MADE ME WRITE
I DO REMEMBER I DIDN’T CRY
THE DAY MY PEN WOULD DIE
AT OUR BADI COURT RARA TRIED HER BEST TO RAG ME.BUT ALL SHE
COULD PROVE WAS THAT SARAYU HAS NEVER SEEN A RAGGING SESSION IN YEARS.
AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND ALMOST IN TEARS (she, not me); WAS
CONVINCED I COULD “PUT PEN TO PAPER”. SEVERAL RALLIES LATER WE DECIDED ON “THE AGONIES OF GROWING UP” (SIC)
GROWING UP
HAS ANYONE SEEN
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
WITHOUT THE SHOW AND SHEEN?
DOES IT MEAN FUN?
DON’T BELIEVE THIS ONE.
DOES IT MEAN FREEDOM?
BUT, ONLY WHEN ALL WORK’S DONE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
WITHOUT THE SHOW AND SHEEN.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
SMALLER POCKETS, HUGE BILLS
WORK UNTIL THE BIN FILLS
CONTROLLED TALK AND EAT
STAY DRESSED DESPITE HEAT
OH MY! WHAT A FEAT
CONDITIONS PREVAIL
ON MY OUTS AND EXHALE
THE JEE’s, REE’s AND IIM’s
HAUNT MY VERY STEM
AS THOUGH “STUCK, NOR BREATHING, NOR MOTION
ALIKE A PAINTED SHIP ON A PAINTED OCEAN”
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS
WITHOUT THE GLOWS AND SHEENS,
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS.
AFTER THOUGHTS…………
I THOUGHT THIS WOULD OPEN THE GATES OF SARAYU TO ME BUT ALAS!
(ALAS THEN…….THANK GOD NOW……..)
I HEARD OF SHLOK………
TO DATE IF YOU ASK ME “WHAT HAVEN’T YOU DRUNK, SID?”
“RUM YA” WOULD ME MY ANSWER.
--SID#363