In my morning exercise I do on my Hercules bicycle,
I rode by the FDA compound on Madhusudan Kalelkar Marg,
And saw through the design holes on the compound wall
Inside and happily saw the green variety, lawns, trees

And the birds on the branches, birdsong of wide range,
Some structures, personnel working to clean up campus,
Water flowing in place and perhaps encouraging life in it,
All awaiting the rising sun or the moon to reflect.

A thought of grief came to me too, as in his Immortality Ode:
That FDA Commissioner can take a walk in this place, enjoy
With Andrew Marvell 'Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade' if he knew his own treasures.

Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

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