English-Vinglish

Once a puppy met a talking kitten, he

Challenged her in bantering tones;

‘Can you talk to me in English please?

I hope you will certainly make no bones.”

Let us chatter in English for sometime,

Which we call fondly, pitter-patter;

We will do gitpit, gitpit for long,

If anybody listens, it does not matter.

The kitten was looking a bit saddened,

‘My head is eating circles’, she said;

I will try it out later, when my mood

Is good and feels like garden-garden.

‘As you like’, the puppy said embarrassed;

‘But chats are like aloo-chaat, not to be Missed on any occasion; it’s the bestest food,

Better than milk and dry pieces of bread.

‘I really enjoy this English-Vinglish thing,

And I want to look like an English memsaab;

Puppy, my friend, you become a gentleman’,

Kitten said coyly but in a lighter vein.