Gupta Bought A Pony (My Grandma Told Me A Tale) Poem by Harindhar Reddy

(Rhyming Lyrical Anecdote)

Count 1
A Commoner alias Kashyapa a.k.a. Gupta
and his son bought a pony and paid ransom,
catching its tether, walked off threesome
set for holy Kasi. Then they came upon Lepta,
met there a gang of chatterboxes countryside -
glaring at the triad, they pooh-poohed and
boo-booed from the bus stand.
Did they a no. and took a jibe by saying,
how dippy-daffy the duo for owning
a pony, and walking foolishly without riding it!
Heeding that, in an iffy-jiffy creeping beside it
Kashyapa seated his sonny upon the horse's back, Ka!
His son was riding it, they globe-trot for Kasi, eureka.

Count 2
Then they came upon 2nd group of silly bio:
Roadside Romeos, Watching the trio,
They in a lickety split began passing jeering remarks.
Rapped on the knuckles, slapped on wrists cracks
For lad having no respect for his aged dad,
And letting him walk while he rode himself, a bad
boy, spoilt brat! Learning that, the son got
down and asked his dad to ride horse, so did
Gupta and began riding before the argument got
Heated. Again they set off the kid
trailing on foot behind his riding father.


Count 3
But soon they came upon 3rd group, the
Bystanders who PDQ began blackguarding
ad-lib "how Stony-hearted and merciless being
The dad is to let his tender son trudge behind
while he himself rode on a pony kind"
So once more, to stop their ridiculing
Gupta asked his son to get on the horse with him
as well. So now both of them sitting
on the horseback and they continued their pilgrim.

Count 4
But they had hardly gone mym when they came
upon 4th band, idle ramblers who began to blame
boorishly at the triad for Duad riding with added
weights upon the bony pony, which is faded
with unbearable load of lorry, then his son's eyes
then popped out to hear that, with a surprise
he looked at his father with his mouth agape
who shot back a wry look, sigh grin in bad shape
and said 'You can't win everyone's pleasure son'.

Count 5
When they reached Kasi, Papa told none can delight all
so you better hear nobody but god and that is all
sun or stars, he changes not for none
thence almighty is far easier to please
Than humans who are too many to appease!