Wave No. 28 1983
The Outing
- S. Balakrishnan
The weather was superb, I mused
And, it would remain that, I knew too;
‘Cause, warned the weatherman,
It would rain cats and dogs
So I went on an outing
That was miserably memorable
Sweating up the hill with a burst tire
My knapsack was a total mess
Broken eggs, melted butter, wet matches
Bread and jam full with ants!
Self-pity overwhelming, as I slumped down
A bird shit on my head, a thorn pricked my bottom
As I opened the book ‘Stop worrying, start running’,
Weather prediction came true and it started raining
Need I to say that without thinking
I stopped worrying and started running!
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Provoked by the Hindi song “Oh, bemaan hai aaj mausam” broadcast by Vivid Bharati, Cuttack, in Nov. 1982
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