Now since the West has been won

Now since the West has been won
And the visit, and the visa, has been fun
Time to tell Sam uncle that...
Look at me, I am not that fat
My folks so admire my dress
And like my strong ways, of saying yes
To you, Master of what you survey
In my heart and mind you will always stay
Thank you for the visa, and all that fun
Make it multi-entry, and I shall be done.

(Written three years back, on the great leader's first US visit...)

A cat just died

A cat just died
A cat was buried
A cat lover cried
Life goes on unhurried.

A new vision

I got a new pair of glasses
Now I need a new vision.

Students be like...

Students be like demanding customers, quickly wanting their fast food choice
Teachers be like ingratiating salesmen, with a hawk's eye on the amount in invoice.

Navaratri 2

Nine nights of ethnic disco next door
Too much of shor, too much of shor.

I would have been happy if I were sad

I would have been happy
If I were sad
But I am neither
And that's quite bad
For being placid
Is like acid
It corrodes.

Navratri

Nine noisy noose nights
Of going on in an around
Nine new ways of messing
The poor grass on the ground
Welcome the fancy dress do
Urban hip in rural ethnic shoe

I hate rainy days

I hate rainy days
I hate days in the Sun
I hate cold winters
I love whining, and now its done.

I wasn't ready to say yes

I wasn't ready to say yes
Nor was I keen to say no
Torn as I was, as usual wanting
Hot summer in pouring snow.

Great days will shortly be in short supply

Have a great day
For great days will shortly be in short supply
Given what he is upto, our dear Trump bhai.

I grow old, I grow old

I grow old, I grow old
And I already wear the bottom of my jeans rolled
And my wrist watch on the obverse side
TS and J. Alfred Prufrock beside.

I grew up as a man

I grew up as a man
Who knew his place in the scheme
But now I know much less
And much less do I dream
Of my role in the big order
At centre or at the border.

We will take an early bullet train

We will take an early bullet train
To hunger, dirt and disdain.

So many things to say, so little time to post

So many things to say
So little time to post
If it were not for Facebook
I wouldn't have been a ghost.

There was once a teacher

There was once a teacher
Who had one defect
Instead of telling what to
Said go find your own fact.

(05-09-17)

Ban the bloody notes

Ban the bloody notes
And go print much more
And when the deed is done
Get out of the backdoor.

(01-09-17)

All that glitters is gold

Age is a state of the mind
I see the mind in disagreement mutter
All that glitters is gold
And gold does at twenty something glitter.

(30-08-17)

I asked for it

I asked for feedback
To the course I recently took
I asked for it...

(25-08-17)

And that would be so much fun

You cannot please everybody
Nor can you please one
Instead, lets annoy the whole bunch
And that would be so much fun.

(24-08-17)

The Teacher

01

When he died
They wrote a glowing tribute
To his selfless love
(And loveless self)
A Teacher lived, once.

02.

To the teacher you say
Your reward is in the regard
Fraud of the vilest kind
Perpetuated while you guard
The riches thus garnered.

(22-08-17)

We should have a tank in every street

We should have a tank
In every street
Blocking the anti-nationals
And inspiring the patriotic traffic
Mayhem as usual.

(13-08-17)

Vande Mataram

Sun day for rum
Can I sing legally
In Ahmedabad
Compulsory or otherwise?

(11-08-17)

Male gaze

Male gaze
Gaze
Male
I see you
With lust
Or just
In any case
Who was first ?

(11-08-17)

Last night death came to one near me

Last night
Death came to one
Near me
And I was reminded
Once again
Of life.

(10-08-17)

Achhe Din

I was afraid
Of achhe din
That were coming
And did
At Chandigarh
Aa bail mera sir
Thank you for voting, and gloating.

(07-08-17)

How dare you complain

How dare you complain
Of being almost molested
By powers that be's son
This is India
And we are second to none.
Rape, Murder, Intimidation, Gall
Name it, we have it all
In Doklam we will show the Chinese
We are much better than them, in these.

(06-08-17)

Death Certificate Aadhaar

Now I can, die peacefully
Get yours, before you do
No one then will ever say
Someone followed in your shoe.

(04-08-17)

Character

A character is her motives
What if they were wrong
What if for no reason whatsoever
She broke into a song ?

(03-08-17)

The honourable men in power

The honourable men in power
Should sometimes take a shower
For the stink of their misdeeds
Is as barren as their seeds
It could well be strong perfumed
Without their fart its doomed.

(02-08-17)

To plot life, in three acts

To plot life
In three acts
And two facts
What I see and what I hear
In an order I hold dear
To plot life.

(02-08-17)

A twenty something doglover

A twenty something
Dog lover
Said, Man!
Her exposed midriff
Rich with indignation
And food.

(02-08-17)

I am a story, in three acts

I am a story, in three acts, with no resolution
To resolve is to cease
Can I continue a little more, please ?

(01-08-17)