Irony nor spirit of time
If five sons so well can live
In father’s one-room-- a palace,
But no one in their five-room space
Of each can find enough place
For their aged parents,
O blame not the spirit of time,
Nor even irony of time,
Ought we not blame our heart’s
Shrunken space within, not in house?
Not widely wafting Westerly Wind
In place of Purbee breeze.
A lot there’s to learn from West,
But what and what-not be the test.
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Free verse | 16.08.2025 | father son, time, irony
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