Another Day

Sreekumar K.

Words wet slid out from my tongue

Head bent he sat, blaming the system of time

He lifted his head up now and then

To eye a rare bird eyeing him

 

He was late, had to walk all the way uphill

I could not let him in, against school rules

He had missed two periods

In another hour the school ends

A short day.

 

I sat with him to take a look at his books

Maths was OK, English really weak

I read out a story to him, a fairly tale

He got up and acted it all out

 

I looked in his bag and found his lunch

I suggested we should exchange

He was so horrified he laughed

 But finally we ate each other's tiffin

 

I still have no idea what it was

Do people really eat this?

"Sir, the food was really tasty,

Did you like mine just as much?"

 

How can I say no, i never do,

I nodded my head like a bud

He waited for the day to end and 

went down the hill with with his friends