Hai cuckoos

​Cuckoo's call kissed
The engine's whistle
New platform, old peepul tree

summer loo gushes in
Caught in the act
Biryani on upper berth

I was trimming my beard
Lost it altogether
The train jerked to start

Have you seen yourself
From the outside 
Inside the train?

I finally got the window seat.
"Could you pull the shutter down?
It's raining."
​
The train will start
its journey back tomorrow, tonight
it stands still filled with air and moonlight

​by Prashant Parvatneni