The interchange is confounding and loud,

Autorickshaws scuttle the rotary,

Crowd in a father, father in a crowd;

Sun-blinding towers stand pompous and proud,

Paan Shops on footways roar with janglery,

The interchange is confounding and loud;

No pother was under the village cloud,

Or straphangers uncalm and ornery,

Crowd in a father, father in a crowd;

His chest, ribbed and short-winded made him cowed

To find and rest inside an eatery,

The interchange is confounding and loud;

For this frail elder, ease is unallowed,

To his helplessness, youths throw mockery,

Crowd in a father, father in a crowd;

Unminded jaywalkers, no aid endowed,

Snarled are his feet amid this bobbery,

The interchange is confounding and loud,

Crowd in a father, father in a crowd.

Father in a Crowd

Shamik Banerjee is a poet and poetry reviewer from the North-Eastern belt of India. He loves taking long strolls and spending time with his family. His deep affection with Solitude and Poetry provides him happiness.