Dreams ! ! !

Dated: 06 Sep 1999

This poem was for the school magazine ... it was rejected outright ... but it still lies in one of my old dusty files ... that was when I discovered I could torture people with my poetry ... its about getting weird dreams

Here it goes...

We all have had some delicious dreams,
of pizzas, burgers and ice-creams.
But I had this strange dream one night,
Oh ! What can I say about my plight ?

Fast asleep though I was, I felt a tap,
and there I saw Yamraj sporting a cap !
The cap said "Where there's a wife, there's a life",
I did not have one, so he had brought his knife

"Your end is near", laughing he said,
and dragged me out of my bed.
He said "I'll now take you to a marriage choultry,
and get you married with pigs and poultry" !!

"Please don't do that", crying I said,
He bellowed, "In that case, off with your head"
My head flew, my body stood where it was,
blood oozed out, like Kisan Tomato Sauce

I woke up to find myself below the bed,
sitting next to me, mom stroked my head.
With fear and embarrassment, out I ran,
mom said, "I'll get you a wife as fast as I can" !!