I am sixteen, going on seventeen...

This is number 17. Seventeen years is a long time. People change. Society changes. What was funny once may seem cringey now (not to claim that this blog series was ever funny). What was 'harmless fun' in 2008 could lead to "you need to be cancelled, you old geezer" comments in 2024. But we persist. Simply because this blog was never meant to take itself or myself seriously.

Seventeen years! One more year and this tradition would be old enough to vote. Maybe it will vote to stop this inanity. Until then...

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Every year, I scratch my head and think

As to how to write a nonsensical time sink

Once, I'd simply rant about brains going mush

But now I have joined those idiots, as I too have a crush

Imagine my horror when I found prettiness in pink!!

Every year, I think and scratch my head

As to how to write a verse that's brain dead

Once, I'd simply rant about not finding a suitable date

But now, I am no longer single as I too have a soul mate

Imagine my horror when I found out the cost of roses coloured red!!

And just when I thought things couldn't get more bleak

Those smart marketers have popularized 'Valentine's Week'

Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate and then Teddy Day

Promise day, Hug de, Kiss de and finally Love-day 

Just the fact that I know all these days makes me a freak!!

But what makes this annual nonsense news run

The thing as predictable as the daily rising sun

Is the old guard going crazy about youngsters finding love

And suggesting that we should all instead go hug a cow

Puritans enraged that someone somewhere is out having fun!

I just realised that a fraud godman who's in jail

Or maybe he is already out on parole or on bail

He apparently declared this a day to worship your parents

Yes, the same people who gave birth to you, ladies and gents

On a totally different note, have you guys watched 12th Fail??

I ask coz I might have aced this year's 'Husband Test'

In fact, it may even be my lifetime's personal best,

I took her to a private island, for a candlelight dinner

I am usually a total loser, but this time a sure winner

She was so wowed, so until next year I can rest!

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