Envelop Poem by Suhail Kakorvi

Envelop is used to send papers
Put in it for more safety
These days it has become common
To present it in a celebration
keeping therein
Some amount as token of love
It hides actually that how much
Is the amount therein
To save minds from complexes
Seeing the envelop some prudent persons
Guess gist of the matter written in detail
There are envelops often afraid of Suboor
Who is a sincere, honest, conscientious IRS
History of envelops can not forget
Athar Nabi who organizes International literary festivals
And give remuneration to participants
Poet Bashir Farooqui is secretive about
The amount he gets
From poetic symposiums he attends
And still unknown to all
What is there in his envelop
In envelops there is a fragrance of love sometimes
They are wet when separation makes lovers
Sob and cry
Tarun Prakash has envelops of large size
which contain sultry legal deeds
For he is by profession Advocate
By nature a poet
I pilfer those bigger ones
Taking liberty of being his friend
A lover I know who made a big leaf an envelop
To keep his romance fresh and green
But my very friend has no concern with
Papers and their safety
For pen, paper and documents all
Are foreign to him
Love refused to enter into his heart
He knows only about its monetary aspect
Whenever I seek his company
In social functions I intend to attend
I get his point blank refusal
He gives a logic that devoid of monetary gain
It is waste of time to try
To become socially rich
I would say to convince him
VIPS will attend the function
'What they mean for us- '
'What they give- -'
Very mundane looked he
Po-Faced he looked
While said all that
And really I keep silent
But once a common friend
Invited me and him
In a literary symposium
Where gathering is so small that discourages
Those who participate
I was astonished to see him dressed up
And ready to go there
With patience he attended from beginning to end
The one who invited said to him'Do not forget
To take your envelop at the exit gate'
Not disclosed to me what he knew
And he did get an envelope
Opened it hurriedly found a chit of paper
Written upon it;
'Do not be money minded to this extent'