Glass Jar Poem by Debasish Verma

I was buying some candy bar housed in a plastic jar,
Some chocolate, a few toffees, plus a pack of donuts and pastry
For my daughter who loves such things.
I was feeling happy to carry it in a paper bag embossed with a modern tag,
But somehow I got held up at the corner of the escalator;
Remembered a story so vivid and clear hopped forward from my childhood memoir
When a small hand raised up to the glass jar
To select some lozenge with exotic flavor wrapped up in many colors.
I can recollect the elation and the sense of accomplishment;
when the clerk loosened the tin lid making a several rotation
then handed me the packet nicely rolled, accompanied by a smile.
Quietly I give over the coins which I had securely restored
in a jute purse I so much adore;
with my bag of happiness I stepped down
from the shop floor to precede towards
my school door.
At last, I hear the billing instruction to press the button for digital transaction,
Secretly I shared a laugh in my mental hub
And put the ATM card back in my modish money bag.