Jostle Before Diwali

HUMOROUS!

1.           Diwali Diwali!

since  one and a half month

diwali diwali! was a shout everywhere

sounded a name of explosion

not sure what will explode

my pressure or panic disorder

 

balconies and terraces

all filled with rags and tatters

from poor to rich all busy

 cleaning businesses

 

how am i to be left behind!

indeed i was a front runner

 finishing last though

is a different issue

but i finished it

no matter how!

 

so now here comes our tiger diwali

and i instead of being busy

with pujas and sweets

i am fast asleep exhausted

happy with my half marathon win

 

here enters my fight very tough

with bonuses and maids threatening

fuelling not enough

were their  month long holidays

 

lo, What a blow!

here my heart miss a beat

not once but many

say for a month

it skipped and skipped

till my maid and servant returned

 

seeing a chaos

and grumbling scenario

a silent spectator

of the whole show

had hidden his face behind

not today’s but yesterday’s paper

only to avoid flames of the inferno

 

 when my maid was back on work

first person to see and smile

was the face behind the paper

 which was today out

like a sun smiling

after a long hide out

from the clouds 

Author's Note

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