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Chai in a China Saucer
Chai in a china saucer
Spilling in sleepy swirls
Burn not her tongue
She is just a child.
Cardamom and ginger in a galaxy of milk
Speckled with cookie-crumbed stars.
Strained knotted threads
Spun unstained silver
Stolen spoons of sugar
And broken biscuits.
Twirl in chipped toothpaste teeth
Breakfast of the loved and the free.
Fog on dusty glasses
Stinging summer hot
Will someone please pour
Chai for me in a saucer?
Tea cradled in wrinkled masala-burnt hands
Rue and reminisce of those good times.
Pass me those biscuits
Those spoons of sugar
Burn not my tongue, please
I was once a child.
© Alter Ego
Spilling in sleepy swirls
Burn not her tongue
She is just a child.
Cardamom and ginger in a galaxy of milk
Speckled with cookie-crumbed stars.
Strained knotted threads
Spun unstained silver
Stolen spoons of sugar
And broken biscuits.
Twirl in chipped toothpaste teeth
Breakfast of the loved and the free.
Fog on dusty glasses
Stinging summer hot
Will someone please pour
Chai for me in a saucer?
Tea cradled in wrinkled masala-burnt hands
Rue and reminisce of those good times.
Pass me those biscuits
Those spoons of sugar
Burn not my tongue, please
I was once a child.
© Alter Ego
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