The same old frightening way, “From midnight onwards…”
No, not demonetisation, the PM announced Lockdown.
Offices and services, malls and halls, come to a sudden halt
Enjoy being bogged down, no more option, why do frown?

While office is closed with a big burly lock on guard,
Laptop is there at disposal and internet to connect,
Why to put on blue-collared shirt? Work from home,
Because works in leisure do tend to be more correct.
Why not try a new hobby that haunted him always?
Why not find out how much fire’s really there within?
In fact, was it a wild wilder dream to be an artist?
Or that fire was there but a muse was direly missing?

Why not swap? No, not wives, or gals, as in movies
But works, yeah with her, why not give it a real try?
Let her hang on to the cell-phone in Ts and shorts
With legs flung upwards on the sofa, the lazy way!
While cooking in newer styles - fusioning recipes
Surprising dishes with more surprising tastes!
While dancing in the kitchen - from tap to oven
Cooking, washing utensils and throwing wastes.

Why not spy on the idiot box that always bawled
Ugly regressive news – **** and riot and oblivion?
Sail through the channels with the raft – the remote!
Peep into those secret rooms she entered alone.
Why not move away from news and discovery
And unearth what’s in there in the daily soaps?
Trespassing into her unknown unseen terrains
Keeping her engrossed indoors while he slogs!

Lit up the fireplace or boost the air-conditioner,
Write a poem in her praise and recite knelt down,
Dance as the bird of paradise prepensely dances,
That you haven’t done in recent past, why frown? (2020)