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CHOCOLATE AND CREAM


Out on the busy road
You live in your lonely dream.
Walking among the frantic rats
You can’t hear them scream.

Far away in a good old town
Life is still at ease.
In the world of fretting souls
Your time’s but on lease.

Humming to your favourite tune
You dream of that old town.
While bumping into busy men
You’re greeted with a frown.

Walking on for a few more steps
You trample on a zebra’s face.
It hasn’t got any eyebrows yet.
You may pass with grace.

In that town they sing old songs,
They eat and drink and make merry.
While you cling on to the few more steps
Before the walk gets weary.

Another block before you stop
And look at the building ahead.
 Where they dig up new stones with digital drills
And pile them up on your head.


A few more walks and internal talks
And the walks too will lose their worth
When you will carry the weight along
And the burden’s what you’ll carry forth.

Right beside you there are a heads few
That may like the noise and the stones
They drill on well and laugh when they do
They’ve made peace with their daily roles.

Walk back and take a turn
Towards the town of your dream.
Where the walk and it’s end both bring a smile
Find your town of chocolate and cream.

Aritra Chakrabarti.

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