A Song 166

A Kabira for every scholar.
None denies Kaibra.
Thanks be.


.....

 3.30 a.m.
Borivili local
honks good mornings
to snoozy Mumbaikars;
hop, step and jump
for window seats;
in sleep, step out at Churchgate.
A day is over.


.....

Kabira
lolling at Marine Drive,
at the far end,
dipping into the Arabian Sea.
Mumbaikar is Maya,
intones Tuka;
what is Ram, asks Kabira.