Nothing's worth the worriment

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Ode on a Byappanahalli Maid

O pocketbook! Sweet attitude! With brede
Of cheap polyester overwrought,
With shiny borders and the trodden Batas;
Thou, chattering form! dost tease us out of talk
As doth our old companion: four-legged canine!
When leaving town shall this relationship waste?
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend of the memsahib, to whom thou say'st,
'haa Ma, ja ke aana’,—that is all
Sweet Anita, pleasant companion to daily chores,
good bye, God bless.

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