Hyderabad 3

In all this I simply forgot
That it is Bakr-Id today.
It struck me while
Eating paan at the street corner.
Got in time to the Idgah
After bathing in the Pandit’s house.
Passed by Nehru Park –
No doves, no roses.
.........
Tears rolled down
As I asked for the blessings
- tears for my little ones
Far away from here
On a festival day.
- tears from one
Who smirked atparents wailing for him.