VIBHA VASANTH - POEMS

Vibha is an expert dreamer & idler who enjoys writing and baking while yearning to watch sitcoms and movies.

​NON STATE ACTOR

​There were five kids who liked to play
In the nearby park everyday;
Their favourite was going on the swings
It made them feel like they had wings;
But this park didn’t have a slide
Down which they all could whoop and glide;
For they thought it would be very fun
And suddenly, one day, the park had one;
The slide was long, yellow and steep
The kids always played on it, even in their sleep;
The next bright morning
The yellow slide started moving;
Flinging the kid that was on it
A mile away, the ground she hit;
The slide now stood tall and strong
It had been a giraffe all along;
Mad at the kids for disturbing his nap
The giraffe decided to give them crap;
At their sleep over he peeped through their window
And laughed an evil laugh eerie and low;
He chased them all down the street
Which was too much for their little feet;
He terrorised the kids during their class
By throwing, at them, shards of glass
It seemed like it would be forever
Before they could escape the giraffe’s terror.

​HOME REMEDIES

​Are your jeans tattered and torn?
Because you fell down and broke a bone?
Well, this is an easy challenge to face
Just pop that bone back into place.
 
Did you accidentally stab yourself
While getting the knife from its shelf;
Just leave the knife in and you won’t bleed
This is all the medication you will need.
 
Feel like you damaged your brain after a meal
When you fell after slipping on a banana peel;
Do not call this brain damage
Instead say you’re speaking a secret language;
 
If your eye rolls out of its socket
Make sure you don’t put it in your pocket;
All you need to do is rinse it in kerosene
Before you put it right back in.
 
Of my home remedies, these are a few
Perhaps I should make a part two?