Escalators –I have never stepped on an escalator and don’t know when I will or whether I ever will. The concept of a moving staircase scares the daylights out of me. At railway platforms, malls and airports I‘d rather use the staircase than an escalator. I say an escalator is as fearful as a creepy-crawly alligator A moving staircase 😅That would be straight out of a Harry Potter. My friends join me in the elevator Cajoling me to step on the scary people - mover I am terrified! Ha Ha! An escalator to me only spells disaster.   Snakes – Snakes may be beautiful and fascinating to some, but to me they are simply slippery, slimy creatures who bring on nightmares even during the day. I fear snakes and I can’t even bear to look at one for long.  Many moons ago, my then toddler brother went to pick up something that he thought was a black ribbon, but which turned out to be a snake. The disaster was averted in time by my ever-vigilant parents.   Spir...

He's a bogeyman He's loved and adored By the mathematician and  the nerd. Not me. I shiver and quiver At the mention of his name He's also caused me To hang my head in shame.  Mother tells me to make friends with him But that is just so terrible a thing I'm never able to figure him out. Numbers, equations and problems Give me a headache That no Aspirin or Crocin can take away I wish I could be rid of him run away to a land Where he does not exist Then how happy I'd be Living life bogeyman free.