WAITING
Y. HARINI SWAMY
A call girl at the corner house in the lane,
Impatiently waiting for a client since noon-
A young physician impatiently cutting his nails
waiting for a patient at his newly opened clinic.
An artist sweating with afternoon heat and waiting
for the arrival of an old minister on the eve of
his maiden ‘debut’-
A lonely soldier on the frontier battle
impatient of his wife’s letter from his village-
A hungry cow - herd impatiently waiting for his
mistress to fetch his mid - day meal-
A pregnant miss waiting anxiously to see the green
signal from her would be inlaw’s.