Written amidst the mind-numbing perils of never ending curfew lockdowns. Read at your own mental risk 🤓
Tak taka tak - Tak Tak
Kaun hai bhai bata ab tak
CHINA!
CHAI NA girana babu
Bari tarpay tarpay tarpay
Meri leg not so halkay halkay
Knock knockity! Knock Knock
Who’s there, before I click back the lock
ZEBRA!
ZE BRA in France is black or white
Practical and just hugging one right
And if you feel the added zeal
Add some colour, like lilac and teal.
Tap ti tap tap - Tap Tap
Who is it? That was a fine rap
LIZARD!
LIZ ‘EARD you call her “mighty stout”
You really put your foot in your mouth!
She may be big but she’s got style
She’ll make you eat your words for a mile
Ding da ding ding- Ding Dong
Who is it? Come sing us a song
RHINO! O-O! O…OOOO!
Mr. RAI, NO we will not do this
Mrs Rai yes it’s all the craze
Rainbow coloured hair for you
And I will go for baby blue
Clap de clap clap - Clap Clap
Who goes there? Who gives my door a thwack?
‘Tis me MAYNA!
MAY NA bhoolonga
MAIN NA bhoolongi
My nemesis is bharta de cauliflower
And mine is garbanzo beans!
Open the door for salvation
Open the door for your soul
Who … who’s there?
‘Tis me your moral sense,
Call me your conscience
No punning, rhyming words here
No weighty equations.
Just you and me and clarity
That’s been lost too long at sea
I’m deaf! I’m deaf! I can’t hear you
Ps. I’ve not seen any clarinet either! (Hehe!)
So the door stays closed, barred and locked
Not opening any windows neither!
Go elsewhere, go where you can be heard
The (h)earless are quite rampant here
Don’t come knockity knocking upon my door
Amd I’ll pretend as if you were never here - dear!
Conscience! Right! Where’s the pun in that!
The Roaming Desi 