If I Have A Long Neck Like Giraffe's? Poem by nimal dunuhinga

I would have plucked you
all the sweet fruits from tree tops.
But I am tired now and I want to be a full stop
in this long sentence.
Beloved grumbles in the middle of the night;
'You're awake and scribble
They'll kill you for your political nonsense.'
Do not worry and they cannot stab me
As I take Iron tablets twice daily!
Her spontaneous smile disappears
in this horrible Winter Season,
Yesterday she cooked a rice in a local style
Fried potatoes, Dried fish, Dhal & chilli
wrapped in a tempered Banana leaf!
I said; 'Delicious'
And she smiled like Mother Teresa.


nimal dunuhinga