Childhood Delights

Those afternoons in summer were delightful

For a handful of phalsas and tamarind, grateful

We, my sister and I would use that time

To plan and accomplish the great crime.

Stealthily we would sneak into the store room

We shouldn’t get caught, it would spell our doom!

We had this one thought, to get to the tamarind jar

Before the elders came back from dreamland afar!

The phalsas, daddy would buy for us from the bazaar

Oh! How I remember us eating those for an hour.

We were very careful not to swallow a seed

We were good children, to elders stories we paid heed.

We didn’t want them to sprout branches from our tummy

Walking around looking like trees would look so funny.

All afternoon we would relish the tangy flavours of these fruits

Sometimes, add a little salt and red chilli powder to the juice!

Yummy! These were our simple childhood delights

Not pizzas, pastas, tacos or other fancy delectable bites!

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