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Amma had said once The Morning birds intoned The moment I was born So swiftly concluded It was a morning I was born! I am told, I was so dark that Even the black thread Vanished against my skin But then, golden chains Looked great on me. I was told I was fat and round A Teddy weighing a few pounds Anyone would love to lift and cuddle Squeeze and shake and make me laugh But that became a bane In the cruel urban life insane When we shifted stock and barrel To the land of holy snake. Thiru-Anantha-Puram! Just one step out of my home I was taken away far from home By a grotesque looking woman With elephantiasis legs Someone came running from far away Just to say they saw someone taking me away Soon came another holding me And ensured all gold were still on me Amma had said once The Morning birds intoned The moment I was born So swiftly concluded It was a morning I was born! I am told, I was so dark that Even the black thread

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