I AM GLAD!
DR T. RAMADAS
“You budding doctor!”
I stopped the dissection
on hearing the call
And looked around in
Anatomy theatre.
That was the call from
the cadaver allotted to us.
“Sorry to disturb you.
After graduation I got
tired of job-hunt,
Interviews went off just
for name sake,
I went round all the
offices in hunger;
By then the excavating
bellies of my parents
Too started heckling me,
I couldn’t even feed
them with my sweat,
In despondency I wanted
to slacken my hunger
Even with tears, but
they too evaporated,
And I died of starvation
–
At least my body is
useful to you –
I am glad!”