The MLS

A little red building

Squat and square

Its outsides a beauty with a mix of design

Is little more than a front 

For the treasure hidden within

In the city of Madras

Once the British

Decided instead of teaching their own thaimorzhi

Their officers would benefit

From the local languages

So on College road

By river Cooum

They built up an institution of red bricks and stone

A mish mash hodge podge design

But by no means ugly

They started with reference

To the flora and fauna

Found all around the neighborhood and the country

And soon it expanded

To literature, magazines, so many!

Its been 2 centuries now

The library's grown

From fiction, non fiction galore

Starting at 200

They are at 74000

This little red building

Squat and square

Now houses books beyond compare

Aristotle and Newton

Are a few examples

Nandan S Kaushik

2017