16 December 2021

Time is slow in Dharwad

Roosters are lazy.
Mornings are not
So early.
Time is slow in
Dharwad.
No one here is in a
Real hurry.

You wake up,
Go in search of
Breakfast with friends.
Hours simply pass,
As sipping chai 
Takes a lot of laugh.

So comes lunchtime,
Roti, curd, rice and
Sambar.
Food here is a wormhole.
Noon-nap that follows
Is a blackhole. 
You just belch, yawn.
And mysteriously you
Slip to the evening.

Sleepy eyes as the
Light fades,
Can anything get slower
Than this sombre?
Gurmit-mirchi-chai
And some more
Laughter..and 
You're back to bed
After a fat dinner.

Dreams bore fruits
Only in sleep.
Fed-up,
The monk who couldn't
Grow beard, 
Decided to leave..
Saying..

Even leaves take
Their own time 
To fall..
Time does really pass
Slowly in Dharwad. 

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