Indian Mango

India Mango

P K Routray

Fruits picked up from best qualities

preserved with variety of preservatives

in attractive pack

while the freshness of ripe mango from the tree they lack

where birds first measure the sweetness

before the man can assess.

Off season fruits and on season fruits,

Fruit served on the restaurants’ menus

and fruit fallen right from tree

by the disturbing birds and squirrels dancing there with glee

may look to  vary in hygiene

but tastes differ, the latter tastes divine.

The present season in India is the mango season

for raw mango to ripe mangoes our appetites deepen.

Sweet to sour in taste of hundred and one variety

we each in India get them in plenty.

No preservative can preserve such natural flavor

that now we get from these mangoes, we go for.

No chocolate, no ice cream with any decor

no cheese pizza or no ham burger can give us such pleasure.

It is gift from the mango tree once in a year

to birds, animals and man in hot summer.

Poet friends! Though the heat of summer here is bitter

worth visiting it is to taste a mango in the tree and falling from tree with scenic grandeur.