Mrs. Mendanha? Mrs Rustomjee? Mrs. Aggarwal? Mrs. Ismail? Mrs. Kirtikar?

So is today the day I get my cheque?
Is today the day I help an old lady
cross the road?
The one who lives alone in a
big old haunted bungalow?
She has no children who
can inherit it
and leaves it all to me!
Then I give one room
to artists who don't
have a studio,
to (nice) theatre people
who don't have space to rehearse,
To kids who don't have a place
to put up a tent or fly kites,
To people like me who want to
hoolah hoop, buy music instead
stealing it from the internet,
travel to far away fantasies
Or read in peace.
A house where we paint the walls,
grow wild plants not manicured grass
put some sugar in our bowls.
A place where we make friends, cook together,
have a little of our dreams fulfilled
and do a little of what we think is impossible.