Right After My Marriage
Posted: 31 Jul 2018, 22:37
I looked for eggs while cleaning mutton
made tea with mustard seeds
cooked the pods and threw away the beans
drained the soup and kept the residue
enquired if his cousin was the plumber come to fix
requested gold covering salesmen to be seated
thinking they might be his relatives
sipped salted water not knowing it was a prank
jumped with a start whenever the cooker whistled
carried alms and rice whenever my newly married husband
called me, 'amma'thinking it was a beggar,
welcomed the washer woman with folded hands
because she did not wear a blouse
(the women of his village were half a century backward)
went to the ,'bridge' when my sister-in-law asked for flowers
from the fridge, and repeated all my first lines silently
when they laughed at me.
made tea with mustard seeds
cooked the pods and threw away the beans
drained the soup and kept the residue
enquired if his cousin was the plumber come to fix
requested gold covering salesmen to be seated
thinking they might be his relatives
sipped salted water not knowing it was a prank
jumped with a start whenever the cooker whistled
carried alms and rice whenever my newly married husband
called me, 'amma'thinking it was a beggar,
welcomed the washer woman with folded hands
because she did not wear a blouse
(the women of his village were half a century backward)
went to the ,'bridge' when my sister-in-law asked for flowers
from the fridge, and repeated all my first lines silently
when they laughed at me.