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| PC: Charles Haynes, Australia |
in leaves of green joys,
Pleasure wouldn't
be satisfied enough
to please a man's
taste of flavour!
He designed with care,
dropped a few pieces
of betel nuts,
buds jewel-like,
a touch of edible lime
and reddish cutch wild,
folded the leaves
with fingers artistic
and packed it quick
in a transparent plastic...
Recreation.
Far beyond that
rested the outcome;
I chewed like a Prince,
did the spat and spit,
the green and red
romanced with my lips
and the dinner I had
was finally fulfilled.
Temptation.
Not always a woman
or lust idiotic;
I walked back
and
shouted in glee:
"Dada, Culcatta 120!"
NOTE: Culcatta 120 is a flavoured paan, the recreational edible food item of India and many South Asian countries. Culcatta refers to Kolkata. The betel leaves used in Culcatta 120 (or 520) are special, grown in and around Kolkata. Culcatta is the older name of Kolkata. The name of the city has changed but older memories have stuck with Culcatta!
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