Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 6, Number 1. May 2023. ISSN: 2581-7094
Tenancy
Rights
Right in the morning
I serve them the eviction notice
and curtly tell them –
your tenancy rights come to an end
triumphant I leave for the office
in a mellow mood.
In the evening I gather my bones
finish off the pending work
and snuggle into my warm pillow.
With a hot cup of coffee and a cool
morning breeze
I stand on the verandah and mull
over
the plan to spend a peaceful
weekend.
A low cooing sound made me curious
I drag the high stool and crane my
neck into
the ventilator and saw my tenants
unabashedly cuddling against each
other.
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