Shashi Panic AttackSome days are differentRight from the dawnEverything seems chaoticand nothing worksYou get up lateAnd make a rushThrough the morning trafficTo your workplaceAn assistant on leaveOther coming lateThe one in the officeTotally sedateBoss is on fireThe moment you walk inAnd your clients start callingAbout their case.And while you are on a callYour phone just diesThe … Read more
WallA straight and toweringAn insurmountable wallOf stone and mortar,An unending wallSuddenly looms upOn your everyday walkCatching you unawaresOn your glorious rideYou stare and gapeTry thinking straightOf going around itAnd carrying onAs you look at the sidesFor break in the wallIt stretches on both sidesTill the horizon©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
It’s bit of a corny poem. People with heightened sensitivities should avoid reading it. The Daily DumpSome may not likeThe daily dumpWhile some eager to goAs soon as they wake upSome enjoy at leisureTaking their timeSome finish it hurriedlyLike a ghastly crimeQuite a few need to goEvery now and thenMany have to take somethingTo feel … Read more
Some words about the riots in New Delhi and the inhuman stories emanating out of the smoke and fire. The glorious cityRunning through the cityAre open drainsStinking and full ofsewage and swineDark and bubblinglike frothy wineIt moves like lavahalting at timesSwarms of fliestake their flightFrom its exuberant surfaceRegularly.This day it’s differentIt’s a glorious dayA day … Read more
Closing timePicking up the garbagePiled in heapsCleaning the tablesof stains and leaksPutting away uncookedStock in the fridgeThrowing the unsoldFood in the binsHungry workerAt an eatery©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
Since a few days, have to drop my son to school for his examinations. And these are the few tense and funny morning moments. Back to SchoolThere’s panic in the houseSon scampering aroundBooks carelessly strewnAll over his roomHis uniform needs ironingShoes some polishingHis expensive Deo Is nowhere to be foundSome how he dresses upAnd is … Read more
Early summer Nights are pleasant Not too cold nor too warm Sky is clear and free of clouds Dry and a soft breeze, moves around Stars try to shine, across the haze Of the glowing urban nights Street looks calm, barring a few. Lonely souls On nightly stroll. A few young girls, giggle and laugh … Read more
Had been for a consultation at an opthalmologist. Who, by chance is also a dear friend. This was the experience….. The Good Doc Eye drop eye drop drop in my eyes. Wait for some time till you go blind. Then, look at the bright light piercing your eyes. And don’t blink till he tells you … Read more
(Some casual fun lines on a Sunday Morning) Too dark and It’s a chocolate To light It’s plain milk Buns are round Baked and brown Scrambled eggs In a lively chatter. Sausages are cold And lettuce is old And the Morning newspaper Dominates the platter. ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar 2020
World is full of Soulless people. Soulless from neglect, Soulless from pain. But, Worst are the soulless, From pretentious disdain Disdain towards small, Disdain towards other’s. Disdain towards everything, A life lost in vain. ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar 2020