My father served in India for many years<\/p>\n
I was actually conceived in India<\/p>\n
But my parents returned reluctantly<\/p>\n
About a month before I was born<\/p>\n
As they wanted me to grow up in England<\/p>\n
So there it is I have lived in India<\/p>\n
But not in an original way<\/p>\n
I travelled everywhere with my dear mother<\/p>\n
As I did not really have a choice<\/p>\n
I have however retained a great love<\/p>\n
For the railways of India and beyond<\/p>\n
We lived I am told near a railway station<\/p>\n
And my mother used to sit near a window<\/p>\n
Primarily to cool down but also to watch the trains<\/p>\n
She loved the express trains as they screamed<\/p>\n
Through the station on horn trying to avoid<\/p>\n
The stray and diseased dogs that tended to infest<\/p>\n
Such areas in the hope of careless food<\/p>\n
She told me stories of people wandering on the tracks<\/p>\n
And either being hit or enjoying near misses<\/p>\n
Such was the chaos of life in the cities and towns<\/p>\n
I have never in my tender years visited India<\/p>\n
And at present have no plans to do so<\/p>\n
But this is to my loss as I existed there once<\/p>\n
In the days before colour memory and song<\/p>\n
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