A sonnet to my employer

 SONNET TO MY EMPLOYER

Here doth I submit words few.
Three summers passed, thus years three
In commitment, true and earnest
To impart tuition at my best.
Wherefore, shared my wit meagre,
Taught students diction and grammar. (6)
Lo! dost thou peruse our pact
That runs out by seventh, august?
It ends, it concludes, finishes,
Whereupon in covenant no more me binds.
Pray I thee treat this epistle,
As a month’s notice given in prior.
Hence, discharge me from obligations all.
I thank thee from my heart in full. (14)


Thus drafting so,
I remain
Yours most submissively

S. Ramesh

(SOLAMALAI RAMESH)

P. S:
I worked in a school as English teacher for three years in United Arab Emirates. When I wanted to end my contract with my employer upon the completion of the visa period, I intended to issue him a month-prior notice as per the sub-clause of our contract to state my stand.
But, with a difference, instead of prose, I preferred poetry. Hence, I issued the said demi-official notice in the form of a sonnet, which you read above.
I am sure, I am the only person in this planet to have written corporate correspondence in poetry. What idiosyncrasy!