A friend to me:
I know I should not be saying this
To a diehard romantic like you O Miss
But…. don’t you think it is all hype
Is not Love, nothing but tripe??!
Me to friend:
Grrr… don’t you dare pour cold water
On my heartfelt beliefs, in this manner
Or else get ready for a tryst with my fist
Love in all its splendor does exist!
Friend to me:
I am sorry lady, I meant no harm
Love I know works like a charm
At heart I am a romantic too
Like love-birds the wife and I coo.
Me to friend:
Aha… now the cat is out of the bag
It is clear you were trying to nag
So now you and I on one thing agree
Love is not merely a fallacy!
– Shail Mohan (April 2011)
*This is what ensues when you play Scrabble on FB and the word ‘Love’ is followed by ‘Tripe’. I took the liberty (with the aid of imagination), of turning the few lines exchanged into a full-fledged poem, if you can call it that.*
Shail's Nest 
this is nice, we should communicate in verses.. see where things go
@Hrishikesh,
Thanks Hrishi. But we hadn’t communicated in verse… I just converted it to worse! 😛 But if you want, let us do that. Its going to be fun! 🙂
Nice conversation!
Vishu Aashamsakal, Shail! God bless you and your family!
@Sandhya,
Thank you Sandhya and wishes to you too 🙂
loved it 🙂
it’s so much fun these little gems that just get created like that, out of nowhere.. while talking to friends..
i would love to do that once again too.. it’s been so long since i had vetti conversations and verse creations with friends 🙂
@Priya Iyer,
I made this up from our conversation and told the friend what I am going to do, complete it and post it on my blog! 😀
lovely – good to read a nice and lighthearted post early in the morning !
@Ruchira,
Yes, just a silly rhyme 🙂
Awesome!!!!!!!!
@Anita Menon,
Aww… gee, thanks! 🙂
In writing you are ripe.
What you write is not tripe.
Regards and Envy
From reader GV
(Quack poet from Bangalore)
@G Vishwanath,
Lol, not bad GV. You are good at rhyming too 🙂
Thanks.
Aha! No telling when the Muse strikes! Good one, Shail!
@Srinath Girish,
Wow wow. Nice to see you here. Welcome to Shail’s Nest. Yeah, there is no telling when! 🙂 Thanks.
🙂 nice and light!
and you play scrabble on fb??!! how do u do that?
@onlooker,
Are you on FB?? 🙂 We can have a game!