The uprising
The all-male toddlers met.
The venue was a cosy mattress
Left their soothers in their cots
Their stature to others impress
"To each a topic" said the one toothed chief,
"Pray do not from the subject digress"
"All will have the rostrum for their views to express"
"Too lazy to wash the nappies, so in pampers they clad us, with dozens
on the ready
Laden with 'schoo', crushed to annihilation,
Oh! Our one and only 'doddy' "
"We bore the heavy burden" said tiny Tommy,
"Akin to a Olympic weight lifter"
"Yes!" said another", "Thought my 'doody' will vanish, making me a Miss
instead of a baby Master"
"No son for Amma and Thaththa but a boyish looking daughter"
"Like for Hermes and Aphrodite, to my parents a disaster"
"They strapped us in 'carry cots', said Hefty the brag
"But, me like baby Hercules, heaved the mobile cot as though it was a
rag"
"And now" said toddler Andy, "We are dumped into a prison, two by two
metres, securely well walled"
The dreaded so called play pen-once in it, how we bowled"
"Our rights fundamental, grossly infringed - all elders to the Toddlers
Supreme Court, let us sadly drag."
Verdict in their favour. So let's all get set to climb lifes' uneven
crag
While praying for that cosy sojourn-floating for 260 odd days, in our
sweet Amma's 'water bag'.
- Siripathy Jayamaha
Kapila Saliya from the fair city of Madawachchiya
With his family did board the crack diesel kochchiya
On the way happily with hope to the town of Kelaniya
To see a sincere friend proposed manaliya
An aunt on the warpath -
"She is sooty as an over-used thachchiya"
This coming from spinster old aunt Kaushaliya
Was like calling the kettle block by the much-used muttiya
Thought all with smiles, about the haughty aunty from Kuliyapitiya
"About her colour, who cares", said proud Kapila Saliya
I saw her face or visage in her mind, so beautifully saumiya
With blessings from above, my thatha and darling ammiya
I shall have her as my everloving future sahakariya
"Who is the closest to Mother Earth" was the topic of his debate that
mom
Who else but me, so graceful and innocent said the nimble fawn
I am the closest, I kiss her body", said the slithering reptile to the
debate well known
"She is very close to me" said the big leopard, do let me warm,
Mother loves me most she's closest to me" moved the cow from the barn
We have the deeds, we made her so lovely" boasted the human,
In flew the owl wise and big eyed "I heard your talk, spove me a yawn",
Man', step aside, what with your despicable deeds to parts mother earth
you have sawn
You have sodden mother earth with the blood of your kindred own sawn
Her dearest is her name bearer and silent soil tiller, the
Silent Earth warm, beneath her fertile green lawn".
- Siripathy Jayamaha
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