|| Indian Peregrination || by Sunil Sharma

Kitten

Meow!

It sounds like a: May-i-come-in?

And a white-black kitten walks in
with confidence into the office,
without fear
hoping for some warmth and love
and—bit of sunlight streaming down
from the glass chinks, and, some
leftovers.

For this casual visitor, borders never
matter,
nor the hierarchies
or
power circles, all
artificial;

the innocent kitten
roams easy in the cubicles
and tries to slip into the corner
room of the angry-faced boss,
uninterrupted,
uninvited.

For the
office staff—
bound for hours
on stiff chairs,
eyes glued on small computers

she is
a feline symbol
of a real free spirit
in a COVID-19-scarred world!