Life is such a colourful platter
Depends on how seasoned is the batter
Tangy spicy sweet and sour
Dusted fine with heaps of flour
Just when you think it is poached
Opportunities come as if coached
Sticky situations kept in marination
Thinking out of the box without prevarication
Skewered stewed or grilled
Karmic justice sends its bills
Bake it fry it smoke it
Solutions for all so stoke it
Romantics in glorious stirrups
Life is soaked in sugar syrup
Singing hearts at its crest
Salad days are all dressed
All the ills seem cured
Epicurean delights that palate ensured
So the story gradually unfolds
Pleasure pain sides juxtaposed
Never a moment without sauce
Effects the action after a cause
Hilarity pensiveness together pickled
Laugh your guts out thoroughly tickled
Life is not always so stuffed
Do not unnecessarily huff and puff
Make it smooth creamy like custard
Delightfully savoury never be flustered.
Sudeshna Mukherjee: She is an Economics Major. She is a poet, short story writer and painter. Her book of poems “Meanderings of the Mind” has been published. Many of her poems have been published in national and international anthologies, magazines and e-publications.