 Amare had a craze for cars
Also for what was inside bars
Imagined - he could reach the stars
If too far at least up to the red planet Mars
He bought a car, with a supercharged carb
Also donned an astronauts garb
Gulped down plenty doses of soda bicarb
And had puddings and desserts laced with rhubarb.
One day we found poor Amare dear,
Bloated, more like an over inflated tyre
He had taken litres and litres of high octane beer
Also bottles of gasoline, anticipating a take off very clear
Alas! good Aruna, ended up finally on the undertakers bier
Mourners stood heed - towards it not to go very near,
Smokers requested to retreat to the far away rear
Cortege about to leave, no chances taken, with lives cannot gamble
Large tags on the corpse, the coffin and the hearse "Highly Inflammable"
No lighting of fires in the graveyard,
Police and fire-men on an over-extended guard
Six months gone by-and should the chicken on your table tastes somewhat
oily.
Then surely the poor bird had had a meal of the tiny earth creature that
had fed on late Arun quilt lately.
Siripathy Jayamaha
Laugh
Laugh
An amazing gift
We have been given
One's pleasant laugh
Is like a drizzle!
******
Do you think
You aren't beautiful?
But, When you're laughing
Nobody can say
You aren't beautiful
******
The best way of
Emitting heart felt happiness
The best medicine
For a grumpy face
******
Imagine
A laughing face
See! How the eyes
Are shimmering
Near pure laughter
All grievances vanish
******
Laugh
And give the world
Your heart warming emotions
And make
******
You know?
A pure grin is enough
For the blossom of
One's heart
Instead of thousand words
******
A feather light heart
But only pure laugh
Not spacious laugh
- Ishara Surangi Ariyapala
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