A CLASS OF '73 REUNION

WHICH HAPPENED QUITE BY CHANCE

SIX OF US OLD BARNACLES

MET AT THE 'SUNDANCE'

(Above l to r Bhendi,Pervez,Bakir,Anwar Sabir,Kapi Attawar,Dee (Kapi's wife),Rajkumari (Bhendi's wife)

A RESTAURANT AT CHURCHGATE

WHERE TWICE A WEEK I DO PERFORM

(Above: Ernest at the keyboards while Bhendi looks on)

OUR CHIEF GUEST THIS TIME WAS 'KAPI'

AND 'FRISCO'S WHERE HE'S FROM

RECENTLY MARRIED

A PALESTINIAN BEAUTY ON HIS ARM

HE WALKED IN ON THE DOT OF NINE

AND TURNED ON ALL HIS CHARM

BHENDI BROUGHT HIS WIFE ALONG

AND PRETTY DAUGHTER TOO

AFTER THE INTRODUCTIONS WERE DONE

WE ALL KNEW WHO WAS WHO

( l to r Bhendi,Pervez,Bakir,Ernest,Kapi,Dee (Kapi's wife),Rajkumari (Bhendi's wife),Anahita (Bhendi's daughter)

SOON THE BEER STARTED FLOWING

(Above l to r Kapi Attawar,Dee (Kapi's wife),Rajkumari (Bhendi's wife),Anahita (Bhendi's daughter),Bhendi,Pervez,Bakir)

AND FOND MEMORIES CAME TO MIND

OF INCIDENTS LONG FORGOTTEN

WHICH SUDDENLY WE'D FIND

I HAD MY NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE

CAUSE I HAD A JOB TO DO

BUT EVERY TIME I TOOK A BREAK

I HEARD A TALE OR TWO

I COULD SEE THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME

BAKIR'S LAUGH RANG LOUD AND CLEAR

OTHER DINERS TURNED TO STARE

AND MUST'VE BLAMED THE BEER

CATCHING UP ON OLD TIMES

IS A PLEASANT PASTTIME YOU'LL AGREE

AND NO ONE DOES IT BETTER

THAN THE CLASS OF '73

(Above l to r Bhendi,Pervez,Bakir,Ernest,Kapi,Dee (Kapi's wife).Rajkumari (Bhendi's wife),Anahita (Bhendi's daughter)

by ERNEST FLANAGAN

Photos courtesy Kapi Attawar

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