A Poem A Month -28 An Earnest Appeal (Telugu Original Oka Chiru Vijnapti by Dasari Amarendra

Yes, it’s true.
I admit I was recklessness
In falling asleep like a log.
Without realizing there could be you around
it’s true that in the cradle swing of train
I fell asleep oblivious to the world.
Well, You did your duty.
I don’t find fault with you.

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You might have opened the suitcase by now.
Did you find the torn white shirt?
I bought it with my first salary.
That discoloured woolen cap you might have noticed
was bought at Ooty when I was there on vacation.
You must have found at the very bottom a faded sepia photo
That was our quarter-century-ago family photo.
That was the lone memorabile of people left this world.

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Did you find a noisy transistor?
That was a present from my childhood friend.
That old wrist-watch struggling to keep time
was a gift from my mother at my graduation.
Did you also find the album sans cover?
That was a rare souvenir of my college days.
The bunch of letters in the upper pocket of the suitcase
were the sweet nothings from the light of my life.
the cheap camera you found wrapped in clothing
was my father’s birthday gift when I entered teens.
It was my comrade through all my journeys across the country.

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Whether you are a thief or gentleman whatever,
won’t you please return all those things to me?
Well, forget about the money and certificates in the suitcase
I can somehow get them or reproduce them.
Can anyone re-create souvenirs and memorabilia?
Will you send those things and memories back to me?

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