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Two Women's Day Out
TWO WOMEN'S DAY OUT
My cell phone is ringing
special ring-tone, to alert calls from her -
it is my maid servant: in feeble voice
announcing her unscheduled absence.
our area is under power cut today
from 9 am to 5 pm
on routine shut down; added to it
no water in our flats' pipeline.
Vexed by these adverse occurrence,
I booked tickets in Express Cinema
with lunch to be managed outside.
costly alternatives, sometimes it so happens
inside the Mall, Baskin Robbins ice cream
Is Rs.130 a small cup -
Medium bowl popcorn Rs.70
one hand-full. - threatening price lists.
Who is she? my maid servant! same cinema,
under the dim light - by the third row, in front,
with ice cream and two big bowls,
tucked in her arms for her only son!
seated behind in a dark corner
I opened up the same saturated
‘Diwali bakshan' to be shared
among my two daughters
as usual, the servant turned-up next day
in grim face, Zandu Balm smelling all over,
'mam, I was down with fever, all joints paining
spare me Rs. 300 to meet the doctor evening'
I am a PG teacher, badly dependent on her service
her bold lies and false pretexts, I have to simply swallow
In tune with her acting, I extended some pill & gel to apply
How clever this poor girl is,
harvesting Rs.300 for a batch of cold lies.
Louis Santhana
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Santhana Louis
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