Orissa Diary - Poem by V.K. Shenoy
Sun sets early 4.30.PM
Sun sets early 4.30.PM
Give
me ink for my Kalam.
Pure
white clothes not to be seen
Last
year drought unforeseen.
Dirty
houses, liter all around.
Paanwalla
dukan, people surround.
Water
to be pulled up from deep wells
Fileria
foot, no doubt swells.
All
round scene is rocky hills,
Night
wind is full of shrills.
Dunlop
pillow is no good for this cold,
The
old man's face is full of folds.
Jackal
calls in the night,
I
came here for the filigree sight.
Terrific
cold under asbestos roofing,
In
sunlight only, open-air bathing.
School
before Britishers, 1760,
Early
morning air is misty.
Head
Master is also the Post Master,
Triangle
emblem on Family poster.
Vistas
through Mango trees,
Coconut
oil also freeze.
Termite
hills everywhere,
Cows
milk in earthenware.
Haystacks
of all shapes,
Shadows
take new shapes.
Chariot
base means Temple of Jaganath,
From
here we go to Badrinath..
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