Amid all the harsh grumbling and whining
There is always the proverbial silver lining
For girls joining there are many views
But for male cadets it is exciting news
Even for staff there will be posting rush
Married for dalliance, Singles for crush
Swimming pool will see every bloke
Not to judge the style and stroke
But for an eyeful of curves and cuts
Of those slim waists and rumpy butts
For ensemble swim, the Squady will scoff
As on every such parade some will be 'off'
Rope-climb with what from below is seen
PT staff will not find it a tedious routine
The vaulting horse will generate interest
As the fall is broken with a hand on chest
The Drill Subedar will have to think about
Something other than 'with your chest out'
And for tight marching what would replace?
'Coin up your thighs, the number must deface'
Cadet Sergeants and the Corporal gang
Will need to invent new vocabulary of slang
'Walking like pregnant duck' will not be heard
Nor also their favourite duck-rhyming word
The CSM in the evening ante room halls
Will shun from shouting his usual 'Ba**s'
For 'Bas' can the 'B**bs' substitute?
Perhaps not, though it sounds so cute
The on-display cabin kit layout chart
Will need to be changed in many a part
Place for the upper body suppressor thing
Also, a corner for the piece with the string
Sports fields where matches were played
Will be for dating and matches to be made
For the recreation and entertainment bit
Not many every Sunday Poona will visit
GB Pants will need discarding the verbal digs
The usual 'sitting like Lords and eating like pigs'
While feminine of Lord is dignified and fine
There will be trouble when applied to swine
Bhavnanis will need revising their abuse treasure
From 'result of parents' two-minute seaside pleasure'
And the dashing sailor Martin with flourish and flair
Will no longer threaten 'hang you by the short hair'
Gone are the days of hair-cut every week?
The drill regulation will undergo a tweak?
Permitting instead dreamy curls and coils
Held in place with dryers and aroma oils
At the outdoor rifle firing range
The WT Ustaad will feel strange
In cadet's lying position to decide
And say, 'open your legs wide'.