We mallus are a funny breed!
Coconut oil is what we need -
We pour plenty into our hair;
And any food we do prepare;
The land of coconuts indeed!
The elephant - our royal steed
A part of every ceremony;
Fed - until not one is puny;
God save us in a stampede!
Education is our creed -
We rant and rave;
Of every brain-wave;
With a great deal of conceit!
A bearded man - it is decreed!
Stubbled and bristled;
Wouldn’t know if he whistled
The razor blade has no need!
We talk at an incredible speed
Mis-pronouncing every vowel
Until you throw in the towel
Then to the consonants we proceed!
Our curly hair is just like tweed -
We primp, we press and we tweak;
We style and try to turn it sleek;
But to the frizz we must concede!
17 comments:
your poetry is lyrical & song-like.
loved the irony ;)
lo!
"We mallus are a funny breed!"
satyam! *wink*
LOL, hilarious :-)
aha! malayali anno?!
..we are also a friendly breed,
pouncing on all other breed
to know their caste and creed!!
nice to meet you, sunshine.
@akhil - thanx a lot.. i'm a fan of the irony too :)
@aparna - glad u liked it!
@upsilamba - yup.. part malayali.. nice to meet u too.. n nice addendum to the poem :)
HaHa ! I should know . Am from delhi and have been posted to kerala .But please , you people should use a spoon .:)
awww some on hitler... n miss the taste of our fingers?? no way! :)
LOL..
Really funny!
:)
You Mallus are a dying breed
To marry, Tam-brams you need
You'll wear nine yards
with non-veg not in the cards
Thayir saadam is what they'll feed
Two Thumbs up! :) Good read.
ha ha alpha.. u crack me up!!
we mallus are a lovely breed
tam-brams get week-kneed
after pachadi and olan
aviyal and thoran
thayir saadam he'll readily concede
(pssst.. got tam genes in me too.. wouldn't mind the thayir saadam :))
@dinesh... thanx for the great review!!
I say, dont give in gal..tam bram tryin 2 trick u in joining his clan.
;)
haha!! hilarious! guess you should have a look at this - Hotel Kerela-fornia
http://www.lawstudent.in/blogfather/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=147&blogId=507
i was in splits!
I'll add a para....Nowhere near sunshine/alpha'ss genius but here goes...
We mallus are a special breed
for we have taken the lead
in the mouths we have to feed
and thats why our creed
has to make living beyond.. a need.
the mallu is a special breed
indeed.
Yeah, I'm a mallu. And before you construe otherwise, let me hasten to add that its all done in jest.
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