Two Razing Bulls
In a crowded market place
Two razing bulls stood facing each other
Snorting with passion,
Tension building up for the busy migrant onlookers
Caught in the snarl;
Mouths wide open, they waited…
A young lad of seventeen
Endowed with strength as nature would have it,
Set about to beat the dust,
Opened the tap of a nearby water tanker
And sprayed at the beasts;
Oh! Swooned a couple of ladies…
Their husbands cheered the lad,
The water calmed the beasts
Though we cannot say for sure
For they started to disperse among the crowd
Only to resume their rivalry
At some other place, at some other time.
Hour 20