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All night (Story: Chetana Panikkar)

Published on 25 July, 2021
All night  (Story: Chetana Panikkar)
We’d made love cautiously
But the squeaky cot had much to say
Much to the discomfiture of the others in the family.
At the dawn,
I could see through the window ,
Three wonders; through the curtain chiks ,some  scarcer than ever before:
The neon lights,  the jasmine flowers and the dew:
Tales of a village being hapelessly trapped by the city.
Ah girl!
Somewhere in my youth,
When I saw you at the grocer’s shop,
Where there was just you, me and the grumpy icebox,
I had wondred why i had vexed the  young vendor,
And it turned out it was you,
My girl!
Now when euologies are written
About peers in disguise of the dead
And as our grandchildren
Snigger for  a twice eager breast,
In retrospect, I snivel:
Girl!
             
Ah Girl! : A love story retold.
A love story retold

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