"Ladies, gentlemen, and those who are yet to make up your minds.."

1. Brit comedy.
2. Something I'm unfamiliar with - fashion.
3. Whips gender stereotypes - gently.
4. Groo-oo-oovy music.

Id est?

5. Watch!

(Photo Source)

8 - Gwrthodwyd

"I'm sorry, we regret to inform you
that you did not say please properly."

What, what do you mean? I said, "Please."

"Our laws are very strict. Please
read the letter carefully."

This letter doesn't say much.

"You must be familiar with our laws. Before
you say please, please read them."

Can you tell me what I said wrong?

"Read the letter. Our laws for pleasing
us are very strict."

7 - The Vague and the Unclear

Running into
rainy days.
Yes, it's a rarity in May.

Wrapping up
bad poetry.
Hm, I don't know really.

Writing an
extra stanza.
Oh, that rhymes with bonanza.

6 - Vagabond Drinkers

Me and Glen Fernandez were out for some tea
We came back wearing cross-stitch stars.

Me and Keith D'Souza were out for some rum
We chatted up pixies with Milky Bars.

Me and James Peters were out for some cola
We chased our dreams in wind-whipped cars.

5 - Melancholia

I walked into the river
with a line from a song.
I wore my black cape
and I put on a frown.

I can't deny I want my
happy ending.

The smoke curled slowly
in psychedelic gloom.
The first time went by
in sadness for Haroun.

He can't deny he wants my
happy ending.

Cybersadism

I was out walking with a friend last night. Around one in the morning he suddenly asks me, you have cash on you? I have coins, I say. He turns to point to an ice-cream shop across the road which is surprisingly closed. If you sell things like juice, junk and ice-cream inside IIT and you are closed before midnight, you should not be surprised about low sales, or uninteresting conversations in your parlour.

Suddenly, I had an intense craving for ice-cream. It was a perfect craving, because the urge was licking up my belly and red-hot whistles were blowing off in my head.

There are varieties of cravings. Mild earl grey ones. Ones which act like additional plugin required pop-ups, incessant and self-updating. There are ones which simmer for weeks, months, sometimes even years without our knowing. Ones which teach you things about yourself you never knew. There are others which haunt you forever, which are never fulfilled.

Barely twelve hours after my perfect craving, I come across this.

And this.

This put my teeth at their edge.

See what I mean?

Just thought I'd share the agony.

(Photo Source)

4 - Semicolons and American dashes

That twirling arrow came from nowhere
Oh God;
I didn't know what to write anymore.

The blinking cursor was stranded somewhere
Oh God --
Punctuated poetry is such a chore.