It is open to all
free to anybody in call
I mean not any other
be it my own rather
the house is large-hearted and kind
does not discriminate any of a kind
accommodates me in a full stretch
gives place to cats as such 
squirrels run up and down all familiar
lizards crawl and climb in a similar
cockroaches come out in the night
birds flock together presenting a lovely sight
mosquitoes used to barge in with a force
have been banished with a net in close
my gardener lives with his family
so do the cook and his allies
the watchman and the driver come and go
while my maid works rather slow
the coconut trees grow all around
the mangoes and guavas create a bound
the curry leaves are in abundance
the Tulasi is worshipped with a reverence
the crows and the parrots are guests of honour
so are the butterflies and insects in order
a fewer vegetables are in the backyard
where the brick wall is in guard
very much to say my house is large
where everything is free of charge
Meenas Poems 