by Sneha Sundaram
‘The 7 to 9 Funk’ is Sneha Sundaram’s nostalgic ode to first loves, Mumbai monsoons, Shah Rukh Khan and reminiscing about dancing in the rain.
Manna, he called me.
I called him Amour.
Smiling salty wet tears,
Crashing down
Like the waves at Bandstand.
The frenzied adulation of Mannat1,
Special prayer and wishing,
If I can’t live it,
Shouldn’t the photo suffice?
I was here, baroque.
With the rhythmic crash of waves
On these very rocks,
Lunar, cyclical,
Different by day,
Different by night.
Like Bach, harmonious,
Hit by the waves,
Smashed by the rocks.
Like a misshapen pearl
In elaborate operatic dance.
Viols and Harpsichords played
‘My 7 to 9 funk’
As I called him
Salvation.
1 Mannat is Hindi word meaning special prayer or wish. It is also the name of the mansion of the popular Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan by the sea in Mumbai, India.
Sneha Sundaram is an entrepreneur, poet and author-in-waiting. Her poems have been published in Storizen, Noctua Review, Kigo, Yellow Chair Review, Whirlwind Magazine, the British Council ‘Inspired by the Museum’ anthology the Capoliveri International Haiku 2014 anthology etc.
