his is the alley.
no bark, no bite, no bile.
rains do not wet him;
afraid of cats.
walks chiyu to the school bus
stand,
awaits her in the evening.
in an order of affection
didi follows chiyu.
married early.
didi expected a pinch of dislike
to go with parts of love
as scissors and stitches on fresh
cloth at the tailor's.
didi became an attender at the clinic
to appease her man;
she is there, he has gone.
a coat of light brown and white,
a white namam on the forehead
suggests Rik was a brahmin in
a previous birth;
or be born a brahmin, next birth.
men with instant judgements,
undo earnings of working women;
a mother and two kids were ticked off
after her man, rode into a truck, drunk.
before the alley became home
Rik was different.
was
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