Aborted Attempt
Groomed and ready,
he was not shaky pretty steady,
it was a tough job that he had,
he needed to use both body and head,
he began in right earnest,
to last an attempt quite honest,
start was easy,
and he got merrily busy,
problems arose in the middle,
and he began to fumble and fiddle,
one thing went amiss here,
and the other one slipped there,
everything was now haywire,
he felt as if in deep mire,
it was now tough to proceed,
not to talk about succeed,
his mind was in boil,
its heat not getting to coils,
soon he had the sapping to full,
and out he began to pull,
when he came out,
and saw everybody around scout,
a famished,hapless and feeble smile came to him,
they were probing and restive to brim,
a human bond ran across,
and a cognitive smile fleetingly surafced on a toss,
they said do not worry,
even we had tried this distasteful curry,
and failed miserably,
but please now hurry,
we have yet another worry.
Copyright © Shishir Gupta | Year Posted 2006
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