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Once there lived Lions and Dogs Lions were lots in number And Dogs lesser Lions were magnificent and ferocious They roared often Dogs bewildered by this And they bowed before the Lions In awe One day Lions began to bark And Dogs began to roar Dogs became pompous Lions withdrew themselves Then the Dogs began to reign the realm And Lions bowed before Dogs in awe They oppressed suppressed repressed the Lions After a long time Lions regained their roaring And Dogs began to bark But Lions suffered from memory loss They forgot all the misdeeds that The Dogs had done on them Again that happened Lions bark, Dogs roar Again Dogs suppressed Lions Still once in five years Lions get back their roaring But for a short while Then Dogs become Dogs and Lions become Lions History repeats…

Roses are common but golden shower flowers are rare And rarest in this time of monsoon showers Like you Yet again I am with a bunch of hard earned inflorescences Standing in front of you embraced by the rain Not to score some brownie points with you, But it’s my earnest offering. You loved those most, the flower and the shower. I have in my mind some good old pictures, Pictures of your cute frowned face. Tenacious you were then, Quarreled over the petty issues. Romantic roses never fascinated you And always discarded it when I gave You were charmed by the saintly golden shower flowers And you wanted me to fetch it for you I would give you roses instead Just to irate you Just to hear your frivolous complaints. All are my priceless memories, and Often I take a stroll down memory lane. Now again in this pouring shower, I came to see you With your favorite flower Alas! You are blind to all these, You are deaf to all these No more smiles,