Lucidly, I saw last night in my dream
I was having pumpkin soup with cream!
I caught hold of my wife’s serving hand
And semi-consciously began to scream!
Pumpkin with gravy
Pumpkin in stew
Cute green pumpkins
Some are yellowish in hue.
Ever since the start of the lockdown in town
It has always been pumpkin - green and brown.
No other veggies are available around
Making my son and me always frown.
Pumpkin from my neighbours
Pumpkin from my niece
Pumpkin from upstairs Sonam
Pumpkin also from my sis!
We have pumpkin in the fridge of various kind
There’s no corner where pumpkin you can’t find.
Three pumpkins lie next to each other on the table
There is even one on the verandah, near the cable!
Pumpkin with potato
Pumpkin with whey
Pumpkin sliced and done in oil
Often cooked the local Bhutanese way!
Yesterday, I bought some green corns, you see
In the mid-afternoon at three
With Nu. 500 worth of green maize, with glee
The seller gave me half a pumpkin - for free!
Thank god you have that dada,I had only Daal and Gundruk
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, we have not had gundruk since the lockdown. I will remind my wife. Thanks for reading, Baini.
DeleteA poem to remember lockdown. A good piece of writing quite entertaining as well!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phanindra Bhai. Glad you liked it!
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