Vex and the City

From wannabe Saki,
I've been
reduced
to depraved
desk jockey.

No,actually
it's more like:

Once an architect,
now a brick layer
I be,
what did I do
wrong...
beats me!!!?

So here’s my
ramble
on the new
gamble
that I call
the city
desk..

"Madamezee"
who would
rather
be called Nosh,
obsesses over
her scraps and
everything
else is
pish tosh!

Leggy is
betrothed
to her
engagements.

Foot in mouth
has a
exclamation
that rivals
my own.

If it wasn't
for Chelna's
south Mumbai
delights
— cheese straws
and scrumptious
potato sandwiches
alike —
our frustration
won't be fed :)

Mr Sub-well
smiles through
editing mistakes..
But neva let's
one forget
that a little
more attention
is all it takes.

The others
I still
haven't sized
up yet...
Will surely
have interesting
quirks, I bet!

Nonetheless,
as zeboss
put it,
what are we
but "bakras",
spoonfed
synonymous,
in this
Mumbai
Anonymous.