E-MAIL - Reetika Vazirani

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E-MAIL

Lastly, D, I wanted to be rich.
I would give you money to visit
and pay the taxi driver twice the fare.

That's a lie!
It was only a partly charitable wish.
I wanted to eat and dress like a pharoah or rani,
to be part of that drama in the elevator at Tiffany's.

Do I covet money?
Of course! To fly over.
Wouldn't it be nice to get in bed,
listen to Ella and Louis, and neck all night?

What a wonderful century
think of all its glory
and how we met over coffee
we ate cake all evening.
We didn't do anything for anybody else
on that fateful day.

-- Reetika Vazirani