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Year gone-by

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I had a dream, To wake up in the morning, without thoughts of work, To get ready to work, without thoughts of my manager, To dress up neatly, without thoughts of my colleagues, To eat my food at ease, without thoughts of carry over work, To wave my family good bye, without any thoughts of the late night return, I had a dream. I had a dream, To drive my vehicle, without thoughts of the day’s meetings, To greet a colleague, without thoughts of his early coming, To sit in the workstation, without thoughts of the work burden, To check mails, without thoughts of receiving a stinker, To smile cheerfully, without thoughts of the work to begin, I had a dream. I had a dream, To smoke my cigarette, without thoughts of the unfinished coding, To eat delicious lunch, without thoughts of the new projects, To think of onsite work, without thoughts of long line of competitors, To work smartly, without thoughts of the deadlines to meet, To chat with friends, without thoughts of t

Come ye all sweet forties

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  Come ye all sweet forties, Like the Asp that killed black beauty, Like the make-up artist of Titanic Rose, Like the artists who love to paint wrinkles, Come ye all sweet forties.   To ridicule me,    For young maidens to beckon as aunty, For cloth store salesmen to say it’s not of my age, For beauty products to queue up one after the other, Come ye all forties.   Come, for if I say no, thou shalt not retreat thy path, Come ye battalion of diseases, Come ye dark circles and sleeplessness, Add on to the pain of hot flushes and irregularity, Come ye all forties.   Come all ye forties, For my best friend shall be the night mirror, For she like a loyal dog hides all my physical flaws, Shows me all but young beauty, I care not, Come all ye forties.   Nay I fear not, Like the stars of tinsel town, I shalt never cross 39, I shalt forever be young like them, Come ye forties for I fear not.   Come ye forties, For they say life beg