Safety Pin Friendship
by Nivedita N
(Hyderabad, Telangana, India)
Give a safety pin to a woman
and she is your friend for life.
Pinned on the edges of her saree,
she’d carry, these safety pins.
Brimming like a bride though all night she cried --
hanging on her chain, these safety pins.
A fix for a broken chappal; a thread for a tear;
Purchased aplenty, these safety pins holler: I care!
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