by M.Mohankumar
It wasn’t the usual satin-soft voice
that I heard. There was brusqueness in it,
and distance. ‘I’ll call you back,’ you said.
I waited the whole day, sorely vexed.
And, unable to stand it any longer,
pressed your number, only to hear
the busy tone, then an alien voice:
The number is busy, try after sometime.
I tried not once, but many times,
each time put off by the busy tone.
Then silence. And that voice, again:
The number has been switched off. Now,
an hour later, you are ‘not reachable’.
For no understandable reason.
Mohankumar has published seven volumes of poetry in English. His poems have appeared in almost all reputed literary magazines in print in India. His first collection of short stories in English will be brought out by Authorspress, Delhi shortly. Mohankumar retired as Chief secretary to Government of Kerala.
