What a Pig! - by Abhishek Dandekar

"What a pig!"

My master screamed at me,

Miss tried telling " It’s nothing big ",

But he simply wouldn’t agree,

I put my head down and left the sty,

Cursing that one day I shall make my master cry,

He kept giving me cold looks as I bid good bye,

Laughing he said, " How are you gonna payback Pig ? Still try",

I threw a last look at my pack,

At Winnie, the cow and Sandra, the hen perched on a stack,

They all were sorry for me,

But couldn’t make their master, their enemy,

Out in the sun blistering in the day,

I weathered the storms as they say,

I dint have shelter and anything to wear,

Other farmers did glare, but why would they care,

I started falling sick and dizzy,

And then came the noisy sneeze,

Before I could pull out my hanky,

It flew away with a breeze,

A few days later the hen called on my phone,

Said the master was missing me, and felt lone,

She mentioned he was unwell,

I thought of her trying to work her spell,

A trick to get her friend back,

To chat as she stayed perched on her stack,

But her voice was sounding unusually serious,

And she wasn’t seeming her usual mischievous,

So I made up my mind,

Got ready and stretched my hind,

As I walked I kept growing worried, losing calm,

Thoughts rioting about master ailing on my farm,

With long strides and leaps I finally reached the destination,

Saw my master laid on the bed under heavy medication,

Couldn’t help tears rolling from my cheeks,

My Master had turned so feeble in only a few weeks,

I kept praying to god to return my curse back,

Soon I noticed his hand reaching for me utterly slack,

He brushed my hair as I noisily wept and cried,

Smiling he said, “What a Pig!” and slowly died.

- Abhishek.Dandekar