Gone are those days of toil

  Gone  are  those days of   toil

Gone   are    those  days  of

log  of  wood   and  fire

with  copper  bottom  utensil

and   deep  fry in   oil

 unadulterated  and  free

of  cholesterol  in  grandma’s

efficient  planning   and 

recipe  with  invitatory  notes

and   sweet  pancake and

rice flour  pudding  dipped

in pure  cow’s ghee,  always

a furnace  burning  and  hot,

the  embers  of log of wood

unabated  so much so  in winter

you can go  and   warm your hands

as  if  in a   hearth  and  cosy comfort.