When, abandoning Ramachandran, Shivan And ****** Mary, And leaving them to sit in the sixth standard again, Forty three of them Went single file to seventh A.
Where did these tears, That were missing then, Originate, now?
Ramachandran did odd jobs even then Shivan’s mother was a beggar ****** Mary’s name itself spoke aloud But what was wrong with me? And That was what Meenakshi teacher asked too that day If she were my mother, I could at least have answered ‘O go away’! It was later that Meenakshi teacher’s right breast Got removed due to cancer
“It is because of the evil eye, teacher In case the answer is correct, Give me marks and send me to the seventh”.