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Ranjit Ravindran (12-12-1982 / Visakhapatnam)
“I am at the hospital, call you later”
I wanted to have a medical check-up,
To ascertain how healthy I was;
The next day when the sun was up,
I went to the hospital to find out my flaws.
My mobile phone blinked to my dad’s call,
In a restricted zone forbidden to answer;
To convey this I sent a message small,
“I am at the hospital, call you later.”
A call followed to my friend waiting outside,
From my alarmed father shaken to the core;
To enquire whether he was at my bedside,
Concluding that I was hospitalized for sure!
The word ‘hospital’ was the spoilsport,
That pressed the panic button;
Had I just messaged “call you later” in short,
It would have been happily taken!
28 SEP 2009,1: 20 AM
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A nicely worded composition on how nicely worded all things should be. Keep writing. Best wishes.
This happens to us all of us all the times. The very word ' hospital ' evokes panic among us. The poem is humorous and touching at the same time. Keep up the good work.
Looks like I am becoming a fan of your exceptionally expressive work. Keep writing, mandara
the DOCOMO ad comes to mind...short and scary
nicely written and the word hospital always struck panic in us..you see I never like and use the word hospital and hospitalised both the words disliked by me..your mother`s thinking of horrible diagnosing for some other disease also true in some other cases....fine write.........
Oh this brought to mind an incident that happened several years ago. I was on a trip and I called home to check on my parents. When I did my dad who had many strokes in the past informed me my mother was taken to the emergency room. I was 16 hours away and he hung up the phone never telling me what happened. This piece reminded me of that. Very well done. Excellent piece.
@ Ms. Mamta Agarwal:
I'll definetly consider that ma'am. Thank you.
I like your style and humour. obviously you found your flaw- the message to your father should have been short and written after due consideration.
very good flow, and a lesson for all
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Mamta
a wonderful poem you take from a concerned dad...a thing that could happen to anybody
and you have done it perfectly well
nice,
hilarious poem
enjoyed it
anjali