Playing for an extra hour with friends despite
father’s repeated reprimand, coaxing
mother to give extra cash to buy
newly arrived ball pen at the
store, begging for extra
sweets from granny
on Diwali night,
pleading
for
extra candies
earnestly when
buying candies at the
candystore, scribbling the
answer sheet for an extra minute
after the submission bell rang, childhood
indeed is extra-ordinary & most cherished
phase of otherwise mundane & chaotic life.