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How the lockdown appears through time
We have come to see As the lockdown still goes on, How perhaps staying at home wasn't quite so bad As we approached it at first thought....

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
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The man who whistled
"What is it?" I said, looking up from my book, "Ssh" said my mother, taking a closer look, "What, has it stopped?"; I could hear no...

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
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Oh when I'm sixty-six
Oh when I'm sixty-six, My back will be in a fix, I'll be so fat I can't even twitch, Because of all those crisps, And that occasional...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
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Thank you for the Nanu
This is a one-verse song my sister, Anaia, my mother and I composed in a car trip back to Geethanjili, in India where my grandparents on...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
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Poem complaining about getting out of bed
It's like getting sand in your toes, As unlucky as losing your watch, It's a useless burden, It's a spider on my mattress slowly crawling...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
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Love poem to a mango
Oh mango, oh mango, Your skin is soft as silk, Your flesh soothingly sweet, I'll cut you into pieces and you'll be ready to eat. Oh...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
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Being locked up at home
Being locked up at home makes me feel Lonely, bored yet content. I use my imagination Till the day's end, And then, as normal, I wander...

Maanas
May 8, 20201 min read
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On the first day of self-isolation for me (to the tune of on the first day of Christmas)
On the first day of self-isolation for me, A lonely boy locked up in a house. ​ On the second day of self-isolation for me, Two...

Maanas
May 3, 20201 min read
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