Leave me out of it

Leave me out of it

When you say

Our this

And

Our that,

I have no idea

What you are talking about

Or what this

Our is.

Our as in humans?

Maybe, I would understand.

Our as in living beings?

Better still.

Our as in life itself?

Now that

would be liberating.

Our food?

No idea.

There is food.

There is tasty food

There is tasteless food.

There is healthy food

Unhealthy food.

Food you like,

Food you don’t like.

What is our

Food?

Our people?

No idea.

There are people,

there are not people.

The not people

May very well be

Better than people.

There are people

You like,

There are people

You don’t like.

What is our

People?

While watching a cricket match

Are you a South Indian

Let alone

An Iyengar

Let alone

A Hebbar Iyengar

Which is not to be confused

With those

Madras Iyengars?

If someone were

To give you money,

Would you ask

Are you

One of our

People?

Continue

With your nonsense

If you must

With your people.

But I am not

So please

Leave me out of it.