11 March 2025

College Hostel Holi

Holi would begin early in
The morning with some
Asshole splashing 
Colours while you were 
Still in bed.

Then you went to Mess 
For breakfast. You could 
Barely finish it and 
You were mobbed in turns
With colours.

The hostel Garden would 
Be filled with water in
Abundance by 9.30 and
The colours would be
Done with by 10.

Holi in college was proper 
Only when they dumped
You in the mud and kicked
Till every major pore got 
Some dirt.

After many mishaps and
Localised fights.
After cloths were torn
And everyone roamed
In undies for hours...

After the failed human 
Pyramids and smearing 
Of mud on hostel warden's
Bald head and stripping 
Naked the most popular 
Senior..we got to 

The burning of a huge
Caricature of 'Kamanna'
Specifically designed 
Wiith cucumber penis 
And brinjals for balls-

Everyone threw the remains
Of the clothes on that
One tree in the garden.
Seemed our yearly catharsis 
Could only be handled by
A non-animal entity.