I Dream of Spices

Poem

Dream Of Spices

My mother would say:

“Little boy Raj…

Go to Muthu’s

and get some

cinnamon, betel leaves

and ginger and garlic.”

And so I go to the shops

singing all the way

and when Muthu asks me

what I’d want

I rattle off a list:

“Sesame seeds, onions

tomatoes and pickles”

And back home,

Mother twists my ears

Ouch!

                                                                                               Raj Arumugam

GLOSSARY

Cinnamon –      the bark of a tree that gives a delicious flavor to food

Garlic        -     a  small bulb with a taste used in cooking

Rattle off    -   recite

Sesame seeds-  gingelly seeds

Ouch-              sound that expresses pain