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I plucked some flowers
Of Frangipani and bougainvillea
From the garden,
And a few variegated leaves
Of delicate caladium
And syngonium;

Excited took them to
The guy who dyes
My chiffon saris and tops.
Can you mix these tints
And shades?

Mam, he said
I humbly admit,
I can’t make any promise
These are God made.

I use vegetable
And flower dyes.
A little hesitant
He added after a while,
I must try with
The deft hands
And imagination
He blessed me with…

poem by Mamta Agarwal
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