Shorts’ Cycle

 

I wore a lungi after I was born.

Then one chaddi with an elastic  band-

black, blue and brown with yellow stripes adorned. 

All random wear with no label or brand. 

Then wore those fancy shorts for a short span-

with buttons or zip or knee length quarters. 

But in school I was forced to wear long pants-

disliked them for they made me look shorter. 

I entered the teens, then the working life. 

I graduated to trousers or jeans. 

I found a spark where the humdrum was rife. 

But soon I will shrink back to frugal means. 

Music, wine - I will cut myself some slack 

It is time to have my striped chaddi back.