APPA
WHEN Palghat uncle came home
with a towel in his armpit , Appa said,
"come in, sit down. You see these days
I am very busy, I take two buses to the city,''
Then Appa said, ''when Ambazhapuzha uncle comes he brings
us pedas, jack fruit, plantains."
Appa is like that - simple, straight forward
Four years ago Appa built a house.
He said, " You see I am a man,
so I can stand on the sun and supervise"
Mother told him, "don't forget to put
concrete rings for the well"
Appa said, "O.K. O.K.', and took a nap, and now
Oh! how well our well overflows.
Last week we all went to Swaminathan's
To view his daughter for bride.
Swaminathan said "I am I.A.S., also big Tamil poet",
So Appa got very nervous.
He started playing crab
With somebody's false hair lying on the chair.
We all tried to catch his eye
But nothing could make him put it down.
Appa had already bungled.
Appa is like that simple, shy and masculine.
SIVAKAMI RAMANATHAN
Youth Times Sep. 1-14,1978
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