A cold coming we had of it… (by CR Mittal)
Ha!
What do you think? I had left?
You’re mistaken.
I was only standing out at the gate
– with a golden grin –
waiting to hear your laughter
at my assumed departure.
No, I cannot leave –
howsoever much “you and I” may grieve –
for I’m your conscience that’s asleep
“Asleep…tired…or it malingers”!
And if that’s a joke, you see, it was TSE –
or, to be more precise, his compound ghost –
who implored me not to leave, saying:
“There will be time, there will be time…”
And yes, I agreed.
Indeed, there will be time
to leave.
~ CR
