A Rare Species Poem by Sachidananda Panda

All other species on the planet
Are far better than humans
To predict natural calamities
Far more accurate than the Doppler
Disasters, quake or eruption
Drought, tsunami or thunder shower
Much in advance due to their sensory, or
because they live closer to nature
Animal, insects' reptiles, or amphibians
All have their typical behaviour

To observe them, adds to one's experience
To be careful about the imminent dangers
My prolonged study on such matters
Certainly have made me a bit wiser
To pull up my socks much earlier
As if, in all of these species, I notice!
A true Samaritan or a Natural fortune-teller

When lizards drop themselves from the roof
To commit suicide, or When in my kitchen
Cockroaches go berserk to sniff
The repeller spray bottle on their own
When rats go crazy to run amok
To throw themselves into the trap

I rush to the front door, before the knock
With a bouquet of flowers,
And a glass of cold water,
Stapling a forced smile, to welcome
My Great! Sweet little, Mother in Law
A rare species! Probably best known to God
Hard to bear, but difficult to ignore


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