DANCING WITH TOOLS

My cook and part timer

exquisite assistant dumbers

Took me two hours

to join two pipes

Till all water sprouted

fountain like

As it is, it was raining

heavily outside

What difference did it make,

if it rained inside

Felt as if I was

dancing in the rain.

With a plier and wrench

to stop the wicked drain

Forgot that I am 62

and not 26

How strenuous I found

this damn thing to fix

Though age could not dare

to change my nature

And my soul could never

ever act mature

I had to somehow

get this thing in order

Or all the home tasks would be

in stagnant disorder

I stopped it somehow

till the plumber did come

Workers were signalled to start work

and not act dumb

They both were dreaming

of getting a day off

But walked to their respective work zones

in a scoff

While I had great fun fixing pipes

and now well showered

Came fresh to my study room

fully empowered

Started typing my days

wonderful excitement

But yes, now these simple things

have become tough assignments

My arms are stiff

and legs aching as hell

How unfit I am now,

this I understood well.

©sunita grover raina2022

18/06/22

India

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