Raadhaa Rhymes 6

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51.
Raadhaa watches a butterfly,
With wings so supple and spry,
Hopping from flower to flower,
Nimbly sipping their nectar,
With little hint of hurry or worry!

52.
Raadhaa watches the Dog Star,
Looking so near, yet so far,
Now red, yellow,
And now very green,
Changing her makeup
Like a wee beauty queen,
Casting her costumes
Like a Hindi film star!

53.
Raadhaa watches a rainbow,
Red, green, blue and yellow,
Sometimes with its poorer cousin,
In all colors upside down,
Looming meekly up above!

54.
Radhaa watches rain at night
Snugly from her window seat,
Washing streets and trees clean,
Lashing roof and window pane,
Crashing thunder and lightning white!

55.
Raadhaa watches cricket
With or without a ticket,
Four or six or a wicket,
Bouquet or a briquette,
She jumps and claps like a coquette!

56.
Raadhaa loves music,
Filmy ya Classic,
Pop
Ya Rap,
Silly ya Love-sick!

57.
Raadhaa watches dance,
As if in a trance,
Kuchipudi,
Katahakali,
Or just filmy prance!

58.
Raadhaa’s writing is a scrawl,
Either on the slate or a wall,
Slanting to the left
Or banking to the right,
If she cares to write at all!

59.
But she reads like an angel
With the gusto of an oracle;
Prose
Or Verse
With no prodding at all!

60.
Raadhaa can sing
Like a lark on its wing;
Neither shy
Nor coy;
Without any asking!




















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