Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The Neelachal Express

Who has travelled without tickets on a train

Who has often wished he could pull the chain...

Who has spread newspapers in the aisles

Trading floor-bound flatbed seats, for style

Giving your own self a  lot of high-brow flak

For blowing a hundred on a bhagat paperback

Drinking tea or tea whichever arrives first

As if not doing so would make you die of thirst

Sat on the summit of the 3 tier sleeper berth

Guitar in hand and a modicum of self -worth

Bellowing songs just to get noticed by the fair

Young woman that was never really there...

Who has travelled with tickets on a train

Just to sell them and buy cigarettes with the change

Moving across  vestibules and carriages without end

Baffling both ticket checking personnel and friends

Who has travelled without tickets on a train

Daydreaming of the homecoming to keep you sane....

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