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Santa
Mid May hot summer noon sweltering asphalt
Bruised,blistered car tyres screeched to a halt
Calendar on my cellphone went beserk and crazy
The dates weren't visible, the screen went hazy
Dark clouds gathered .. there was a flash of lightning
I fancied I saw something coming.. the lampposts were glistening
Dazzling bright light lit the street.. snow began to fall !!
I'd ne'er seen a sight as this.. my sanity I tried to recall
Cars skidded and stopped .. bonnets deep in snow
I must see a doctor ! My craziness was beginning to show !
Bone chilling sharp wind moaning and whistling
The chatterers stopped chattering teeth began chattering
What is that I see coming from the opposte traffic?
A golden sleigh !! reindeer & white bearded Santa made me ecstatic
"Make way, make way ! or I'll be late"
Santa was in great hurry !! I showed him my gate
With a radiant smile Santa accepted my offer
I knew not the reason why he made the traffic suffer
He entered my dreary morose house
Waved his wand at my writing table which turned into a mouse
I blinked and looked out of my study window
Where was the sleigh ? the reindeer ? the waist deep snow !!!!
Santa had vanished ... returned to Santaland
For a few minutes I had felt that I owned a million grand!
The mouse had run away.. there stood my writing table
To pen down my wierd experience Santa keep me able.
© Bishwanath Mukherjee
