Surajit Basu

Baburam Snake-Man,
...Where're you off man?
Come chappie, do spare
...Not many, just a pair.
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Born together at the same place,
Nurtured by the same plant the same way.
At night too the same shining moon
Upon them the same moonlight doth lay.
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Says the owl to Mrs. Owl,
....How beautifully you howl!

Hear! Hear! In a trance
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The earth goes around the sun
Not once but thirty times.
Yet it's just a blink of an eye
Since the day we all met
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It's Joka, Calcutta. Street lights glimmer
Through cooling air. At the bb court -
Land of T&R, site of many a sport -
Continues the basket-ballet. In the shimmer
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Through examination
Or special application
We gained admission
To this institution.
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After the transition
Of twenty-five years duration
Since the convocation,
And the subsequent separation,
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In Posta, I heard it said
That your daughter's getting wed.
Gangaram is the groom to be-
Want to know how is he?
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Palm-tree!
On one leg standing
Above all trees, outstanding
Up at the sky, he peeps.
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