Once I pet a parrot and taught him
“Peace be upon you all”
Many passerby must have heard
The beautiful words, from the bird
Stream of time drowned him
Choked the throat
Snatched the sound,
Buried him in a mound,
I planted a Peepal tree on his grave
For I loved him, parrot the brave
Within a month I left the place
I got the job by Gods grace
Twenty years and more had passed
I visited the place, seen a gigantic Peeple
There were many birds, including parrots
As I approached to that tree with trots
At my utter surprise, I heard the sound
Really at that point of time, spell bound
Something fallen, Oh! Such a heaven’s fall
Greeted me “peace be upon you all”
Aftab Alam
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