AI 43

Pockets of light clustered below line of sight

Dot my moonlit landscape tonight

Flying by wire on wings that don’t tire

On the Maharajahs magic carpet for hire

Not so long ago I said goodbye to go

On a journey planned over sea and sand

Westward to the shores of a distant land

Chennai to New Delhi, went rather smoothly

Duration of travel 2100 to 2323

Our plane shocked in mid stall by the urban sprawl

And seeing houses built wall to wall

As beneath, the city slept behind  sordid secrets kept

By its rulers adept and inept

The bird circled until it spied a resting place

amidst this maze, and descended with bat-like grace

Touchdown a dozen wheels clamoured with a dozen squeals

Followed by a stealthy steal to a well lit hall

Ants making a beeline in the transit mall

To the wall of single malt standing tall

The resht uff zhe zherknee wuz hayzhee...sheeeyears!