Monday, June 16, 2025

Hot and humid

The rainclouds scatter with the winds

And the summer atrocities resume
The ice cream parlour is busy again
With children leading family marches
Into the shop that now closes later to
Host those who cannot sleep without
A little cup of butter-scotch or strawberry
As it is all barred for me even in extreme
Weather like this I have no craving for it
Having long shed my sweet tooth to limit
Blood sugar levels on doctor's orders ----
But give me a physician who prescribes 
And ice cream when it is hot and humid.



Thursday, June 12, 2025

Waiting

Unfazed children measure

The hospital corridors 
With their feet and hearts
Find a sofa that swivels
And swivel till my head spins
The network is intermittent inside
So I get offline more than online
And soon learn to pass time
Without recourse to doomscrolling
I am back in my school standing
Outside the class for some reason
Counting the number of crows
On the mango tree and wondering
How they spend their long days
Besides making the water rise
With stones till they can drink it
Or losing stolen snacks to foxes
Which know where flattery works ---
At last my name is called and I go in
To know if I am better or worse.