On Broadway
Broadway calls me.
Broadway, Cochin – that is.
Having crossed the water we arrive at the Ernakulam jetty,
Then take the short auto-rickshaw ride to Broadway.
I want to buy Christmas cards. Anu needs an apron.
We enter one of the many narrow-fronted shops.
Anu completes his purchase.
Slowly we negotiate our way down congested Broadway to buy my cards.
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The return ferry does not leave for another thirty minutes. We have ample time to walk back to the jetty.
Shops and godowns line our Broadway route. Spices, metal-ware, Christmas decorations and almost everything one could wish to buy all jostle for my attention.
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“if you ask for a bat, or for something like that, he has got it what ever the size is.” A. A. Milne.
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Another Broadway spectacular.
Neither Use Nor Ornament 