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A sneak preview
As winter makes
Its debut…
Eateries launch
Steaming
Soup week.
Hawker sets up shop
Under Asoka tree;
Spice up the noon.
Young couples
Snuggle
Behind shrubs.
Stoles and sweaters;
Colours
Galore.
Man in rocking chair,
Newspaper on face
Sun bathes snores.
Women knit,
Gossip over
Hot cups of tea.
Men in blazers
Mufflers, jackets
Look dapper…
Girls put their best
Foot forward
In high boots.
Chrysanthemums
Nonchalantly
Steal the show.
Boys roll in wet grass
One atop the other,
Clothes stained green.
A woman in tatters
Shivers, sells
Incense sticks.
Cinnamon
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poem by Mamta Agarwal
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