At The Photographer's Studio Poem by RAJ NANDY

AT THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S
STUDIO

Why is it, whenever I had visited the
studio,
To take a photograph with my wife,
They had always insisted, that my left,
Must be placed adjacent to her right? !
Perhaps because when the photographer
saw through that view finder,
He wanted to see and find her,
In that total composition of the flick,
Before he finally decided to click!
He felt that sitting that way, the photo
would come out just sleek!

But I have thought of a more ingenious
reason still,
And you may belive it - if you will;
Since my heart is on the left,
She is always made to sit adjacent to it,
To make things work out just right,
as we sit!

- Raj Nandy
New Delhi
07 Mar 08