A Song 158

A spectacled drumstick,
the Virar Lady,
a regular at Vazira Ganesh.
Virar to Borivili is 43 km by rail,
making it every day plus Sunday.
She prays more at the temple tank
and turtles;
sometimes, turtles pray back
to chuckles of Ganesh.
Some nights nods on the temple bench.
She wants to stay old;
pleasure is in aging
beside her stick;  
old is best of times,
she murmurs to nobody.
in locals
running over creeks of rains,
older than she,
Lady sits and smiles,
looking out of the window.  
Plus 60, a retired nurse,
is a caretaker of a couple plus 80
in Borivili.