Crowded Circus

Holding his tough flat hand
And swinging our arms together
We were proceeding forward
Towards the place, I was very excited for

In front of us stood the place for me like heavens
“Hey! Look there
The world’s most beautiful words in red”
“That spoke in bold letters ‘CIRCUS’”

By now in 2nd standard
I was able to read the boards
As the crowd got nearer
The size of my brother’s hand was a great help for me

Nor a singly show went unseen
Neither a single stall went unattended
The elder one gave me gas balloons
Of every color present there

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poem by Manash Das
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