GRILLS When I riveted a grill of pure gold across my window; the burglars stared unrelentingly; thinking I was overwhelmingly rich, They whispered in inaudible tones about the wealth; they envisaged was stored inside, Delicately chiseled the grill with their axe; and dexterously pilfered all they could lay their hands on. When I put a grill of silver bars across my window; the mouths of the burglars slavered at witnessing the gleam, They abandoned their other plans of robbery; intensely concentrating on my house, Imagining the wonderful goods inside; and indiscriminately barged in snapping the grill. When I embedded a grill of immaculate ivory across my window; the burglars had a hard time stifling their startled gasps, They admired the rustic charm I had incorporated in an innocuous window; contemplating my real wealth, Atrociously smashed the same with their bludgeons; to savor the taste of my hidden resources. When I stuck a grill of scintillating and pellucid mirror across my window; the burglars were busy gazing at their reflections, Thoroughly mesmerized by the transparent grill; the richness that lay blended in the sparkling glass, Smashed the same into splinters using hard stone; gaining easy access into my chamber of dreams. When I used a grill of fragrant rosewood across my window; the burglars got insatiably tickled by the aroma, They didn’t feel like budging an inch; drowned in the celestial aroma, Later broke the same using slender sticks of explosives; intruded upon the privacy of my nocturnal bedroom. When I fixed a grill of barbed wire charged with electric current across my window; the burglars were simply intrigued by the contrivance, They perceived me to me astoundingly clever; pondered profoundly on annihilating my automatic device, Did the same with clinical precision; abhorrently transgressing through my solitary dwelling.
It then when I decided to have no grill at all; kept the colossal space of window absolutely bare to peep, The burglars passing didn’t even notice; dismissing all thoughts of me possessing the slightest of affluence; ridiculing my threadbare disposition, They had other houses to sabotage on their list; it was the first time they spared me from possible harm, And I snored blissfully all night; laughing in my dreams and saying; to stay without a grill is far better than having one.