The cuckoo-flower, the cuckoo-clock.
Fine Arts,
the nymphs of the spittle bugs.
Frothy desserts,
champaign,
speeding trucks.
Whoever made them?

 

Cryptic dark,
the canary rose,
a sovereign’s luck,
blush of brides,
fleeting winds,
tumors, warts,
notional hopes.
Whoever made them!

 

Cylindrical fruit,
cup-shaped flowers,
flasks, tea, water,
coffee, corn.
Cube root,
drama versus dance.
Whoever made them!

 

Cryogen – a refrigerant,
babies, nannies,
‘ayahs’, gossip,
aeroplanes, horoscopes.
Mumbai’s Rajas and Maharajas!
Tuberculosis.
Whoever made them?

 

Fire alarms, candy bars,
prideless people, selfish reasons!
A pauper’s need.
Dudes! Who is Who?
Business people.
Shipping clans.
Whoever made them?

                                                                                     
Father’s Pride.
Mother’s Heart.
Teachers Ruler.
BODMAS.
Aids, fauna,
lemongrass.
Whoever made them!

 

Poems, prunelle,
fishing hooks.
A diplomat’s manicured lawns,
busy bees, gold, silver, copper.
Lisbon.
Whoever made them?

 

God and God’s mankind made them ALL!

 

 

Mumbai
1996

                          

Geeta Chhabra

 

From the book: No Journey Ends by Geeta Chhabra