Mise-En-Scene
It was a far cry for us to purchase a house
That too in the city like Atlanta
But desire prevailed upon limited income
The House-warming ceremony was on
A few relatives had come from nearby area
In response to our invitation.
My wife was showing the house
To a beautiful woman, one of our relative
And I was preoccupied with my work
Sitting in our loosely fenced enclosure.
“This is our kitchen,” my wife said
“Voguish” the woman said
“This is our bedroom”, my wife said
“Very cute” she said using another adjective
“This is our living room,” my wife said
“Oh, wonderful” Yet another adjective
As they came out where I was sitting.
“My husband” my wife said
“Very cu.cu.cu..” she said,
I came to her help, “ I am cu..cutting this…”
The woman knew, I taught English in a University
I think she wanted me to overheard
The random adjectives, she used in English.
Don’t ask me in which humour
My wife had been as the lady left.
While others going for the dinner
“Oh, only three bed-rooms”
“Kitchen is too small”
“How that rotund lady would manage?”
We harbored all the remarks
Till they faded away with the dinner.
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Date 1-31-14
Form: Free Verse
Dr. Ram Mehta
First Place Win
Contest: Relatives by Judy Konos
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