tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50441458826074256172024-03-13T07:13:33.479-07:00P's LabyrinthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-47220733140508568152015-03-01T03:39:00.001-08:002015-03-01T03:39:58.465-08:00What is worse than a vampire in your home?......A teenage Vampire in your home!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">“Om Shanti”, my 50 year old mother stared
down at me, daring me to respond to her in like. I cleared my throat and spoke,
deliberately disobeying her, “ya…see you later.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Kahan jaa rahee hai, itni raat me?” she
asked, suspicion marring her, unusually high-pitched voice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Khana khaa ne…mom.” Well, of course I
could have made another bunch of thousand excuses, to save my mother the
trouble of imagining my meal, and more importantly the acquisition of it. But
then again, where was the fun in that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I watched her mouth drop in a very wide and
very incredulous “O”, along with her eyes, which almost dilated. I could see,
wisps of fumes floating out of her ears when she screamed, to my utter delight.
Of course I wouldn’t dare show the delight on my face while I stood facing her
in an arrogant flick of my head, like any other 19 year old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Sunooooo, this girl is going outside
again, to drink blood. Pata nahee kis kis ka khoon peeti hai. All my life she
has sucked my blood, and now her evil tentacles have spread outside.” I hated
this part, I’d been a vampire for only 2 months now, and this already gave my
mother the right to claim that I had sucked her blood all my life. Utter
rubbish and lies1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She continued, “This vampire….gimpire is
just some stupid fashion trend she is following, like when she was in her
gothic days, or when she always wanted to wear a moustache like you, sun rahe
ho….this has gone on for too long.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She turned towards me and with her most no
nonsense gaze, she spoke, “Tu kahin nahee jayege. Chupchap beth ke roti khaa.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I turned towards my silent dad, who ignored
the entire argument, and focused on the new paper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His silence encouraged me to further
disobey my, overtly annoying and interfering mother. “I’m going, bye. You know
I will not survive if I don’t drink blood. Or would you prefer me to make a
meal out of you and papa?” This earned a slight chuckle from my silent, still
staring at the same page of newspaper, father. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I held my stance with mom and stared down
at her, with my hypnotic gaze, but no matter how much I tried to focus, or
stress, her eyes burned with anger and disappointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Theek hai jaa, I will pray to Shiv Baba,
to forgive you, be kind on you in hell, and give you a better janma next time.
At least, you will be born with your limbs intact, where and what family, I
cannot do anything about that, except pray.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Gee, thanks mom, I promise, my next life
would be free of sin?!” Completely impervious to my sarcasm, she then seemed to
focus her anger towards my dad, “Sunooooo, aaj couch me so jaana!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That seemed to bring my father out of his woolgathering,
and he jerked around to mom and spoke, “Maine kya kiya?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I used that distraction to sneak out of my
home, walk around the streets of Indira Nagar just to spot a nice six feet
tall, athletic and muscular, juicy meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-11465047722814581292015-02-09T07:33:00.000-08:002015-02-09T07:33:31.488-08:00Dark-o-phobia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">“Mummy, you know I have dark-o-phobia.”,
spoke my six year old son, Adi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I had heard the excuse enough and more
times in the last month, and honestly, despite being amazed at my child’s
ability to create phobias out of thin air, I was tired of listening to the same
rant over and over again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“No darkophobia…farkophobia…we have already
spoken about this. You need to learn to sleep in your own room.” I used my most
no-nonsense tone, which I hoped fervently, would work on him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Mummy do you want me to be traumatized?”
Seriously I have no idea how a 6 year old can come with these fancy words?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Traumatized?” I raised my brows in mock
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Yes, it is an adult word for getting
scared for my whole life….do you….do you want that for me, Mummy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Yes, I do smartass. And guess what, this
time, to ensure you do not run to my room in the middle of the night, I’m going
to lock you in. Let’s see how your dark-o-phobia works then.” I declared to the
horror on his face. That was it, that was the drop of a hat, which brought tears
to my mature speaking son. Two…maybe three streams of salty water ran down his
cheeks and nose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Mummmmmyyyy please, no mummy….please.
Don’t lock the room. I promise ill sleep on my own. Please leave the light on,
please mummy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My heart twisted in pain, and the trauma I
had caused him. No…no what should I do? How would he ever become brave, independent
to sleep on his own?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I firmed myself, again, “Okay, I will leave
the door open, but no light, alright.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“No mummy please….please….the darkness
would take me. Please mummy.” The quiet sobbing turned into a full-fledged
bawl, and my son started retching. Damn, now all that he ate for dinner would
be regurgitated to decorate my vinyl tiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I quickly picked him up and carried the
discussion to our bathroom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And as he retched his dinner, I spoke,
“Fine! Let’s make a deal. You sleep in my room with the night light on and I
will sleep in yours, with no lights on. And when you see me again in the
morning, you will know that darkness can’t take you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I saw my son stare at me, through his
puffed and tearful eyes, if anything, the horror on his face, increased. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But no, I wasn’t going to become weak now,
we had to carry this through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In spite, of many more arguments, tears and
bawling, we stuck to our decision, or rather I did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With my son in my room, finally lying in
exhausted slumber, I went to his room; to his red bed that was covered with his
toys. I loved that room. For the life of me, I couldn’t understand why my son
wouldn’t want to sleep there. It was every child’s dream bed, the red Steve
McQueen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As promised, I switched off the lights, all
lights and the room was pitched in complete darkness. But that did not bother
me, it never had. I don’t suffer from dark-o-phobia, you see, if that is even a
word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I think I was in deep sleep, when I felt my
duvet being lifted and Adi sneaking into the warmth of his mother. I was too
damn sleepy to object, I turned around and enveloped his frail body in my arms.
He felt cold, really cold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Damn, I hated the guilt of making Adi cry,
it ripped my heart out, and oh my god, why was he so cold? He was freezing,
even his breath on my neck made my body hair stand like bristles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Adi, baby why are you so cold?” I asked.
There was no response, except for him coming even closer and holding me in a
tight cold grip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Shit, this was not right. He was like a
slab of ice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I opened my eyes to foreboding blackness
that fell like a blanket in Adi’s room, and I looked at my son. I couldn’t make
him out, except for blood red shining eyes, that looked at me and somewhere
darkness spoke is a raspy whisper, “I am here to take you away.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Adi, knew it was darkness that was out to
get him, far end of the spectrum he saw an illuminated door. Behind he heard
heavy rasping breaths getting closer by the minute. No…no..no, he had to run.
No….mummy, where was mummy? He needed her to fight the darkness, he needed her
strength, her logic, her rationale to conquer the demon that had tormented him
for months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His body was paralyzed, it refused to move
in fear as the ominous sound of raspy breathing got closer. He tried, he
pushed, he prodded his body to move, but damn it….it wouldn’t budge. His
stomach was a deep pit of fear and his face ashen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The last words out of his mouth, before the
raspy voice breathed down his neck was ”mummmyyyyyy!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Adi, woke with a start, his body was
covered in cold sweat and he realized he was in his mother’s room. He looked
around the comforting cream walls, and floral duvet. His mother was nowhere, and
that’s when he remembered the deal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The deal where she would sleep in his room,
if anything the pit in his stomach got bigger and deeper. His body shivered in
terror.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He slowly stepped off the bed and walked up
to his room, the room where darkness came every night to take him away. The
room where he would spend hours, still, in the cold embrace of darkness, with
its freezing breath boring down his neck. The room where tears streamed down
his eyes, and he prayed he could somehow become brave enough to fight the
darkness, with its blood red eyes, and raspy voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He reached his door, which was almost shut
except for a tiny sliver of opening. He could hear his mother breathing hard,
occasionally accentuated by sobs. He knew why, he knew darkness held her too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What should he do? His mother, his
strength, his voice of reason was trapped by darkness. What if, it really took
her away?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Okay…he thought, what would Iron man do
now? He asked himself. Would he just sit there shivering in fear? Would he ask
Jarvis, what to do? He ran back to his mother’s room and picked up the iron man
figurine for strength and inspiration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">No…no Iron man wouldn’t just sit there,
petrified and cold sweat breaking out all over. He would help mummy. Then Adi,
thought about the immense courage it would take to walk into his room, go
across and switch on the light, which was next to his cupboard. Oka,y that was
too much courage to expect from a six year old. Fine, what would a six year old
iron man do? Just then, he knew what he had to do, he would call out to mummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Adi ran back to the door, opened it crack,
and called out,” Mummy….” First a whisper, when there was no response, he
called out a bit louder, “Mummmy!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Adi could make out nothing in pitch black,
until a pair or blood red eyes turned around and focused on him. Oh Jesus….oh
Jesus….no no no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What should he do now….darkness was coming
for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Just when Adi, was about to turn and run
back to his room, he saw two shining diamonds rise behind the red eyes. He
realized they were his mother’s earrings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Suddenly, the red eyes and raspy breathing
darkness struggled to move as shining diamonds held it. He saw them fumble and
grunt, on the bed, at the ceiling, along the walls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His mother screamed, darkness screeched. It
tried bouncing the diamonds off the ceiling, but Adi knew his mother would not
let go. She would not let darkness get him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally, he saw blood red eyes and two
shining diamonds, drag across what would be the opposite wall, until the room
was washed in light and his mother fell off the top of the cupboard. Light made
the darkness disappear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She ran to Adi, picked him up in her
embrace and spoke through tears, “You are never sleeping alone!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I labored myself off my bed, it took
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Parts of my body, I never knew existed, ached in anger and pain for the last
five years. I trudged to the mirror to take in my sunken eyes, chapped hollow
cheeks and smoke stained teeth. I struggled between the decision to just brush
my teeth or to take a full-fledged bath. A part of me screamed, “Laura, this is
day 3 of not wanting a bath. Aren’t you the disgusting one?”, but then I
decided to throw that part, the voice of my conscience, in the “I don’t give a
fuck” bucket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">After quickly splashed water on my face, I gargled
and tied my messy hair in an even messier bun. Honestly, who was even going to
look at me, with my sunken eyes and aged face?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Once I discovered that my almost empty
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people’s eyes and talking to them, even if it meant asking them to bill
groceries. Did I mention before, I have hated the existence of mankind since
five years now?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As I walked out into the sunny morning,
with people walking around, laughing, children running and playing, I lifted my
hands to ensure I did not stink of body odor. Which I actually did? And then
ensued another struggle to go back and splash on some deodorant, until I again
decided to throw the deodorant into the “I don’t give a fuck” bucket. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I loved that bucket, it made my struggles
with myself easier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As I walked down the street, I couldn’t
help but think of a similar street I used to live in, not too far from now,
along with my five year old daughter Rhea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Rhea, with her blonde locks, blue eyes and
red chubby cheeks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rhea, with the voice of an angel and the curiosity
of a cat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rhea, who disappeared right from our front
yard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rhea, whose blood stained shoes and clothes
were found in sewage with no body around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rhea, who I still hoped lived somewhere
with twinkling blue eyes and blond locks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">My dry eyes, no more threatened to fill
with tears. I had cried enough for five years, now even my tears were lying in
the “I don’t give a fuck” bucket. I knew I was a failure, because I knew who
had kidnapped my daughter and yet I could do nothing. My tall bald neighbor,
with broad shoulders, a mean scar on his right brow and a long beard, whose
basement I had once peeked in and found hundreds of photographs of young girls,
had disappeared without a trace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There wasn’t enough evidence against our
neighbor Sam Wallace, you see. And when I did gather my wits enough to go about
collecting evidence to somehow make him a primary suspect, Wallace was long
gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Now as I walked, or rather dragged my drug
abused and aching body across the road, I felt two points of heat bore through
my back. I slowed down further and tried to scratch my back, when I felt this
insane need to turn around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And turn around I did, only to find a man
with long hair, clean shaven, stand there and stare at me. There was something
very familiar about him, I struggled with memories in my hazy mind to try and
place him. Until, I saw the scar that ran across his right brow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Wallace”, I whispered and dragged myself
as fast as I could towards him. I needed to meet him, talk to him, look into
his eyes. I needed to know what happened to my Rhea. He knew I had recognized
him, he was sure I would. Even in my down trodden state, he knew a sliver of my
sharp reason existed somewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">He looked at me and grinned. He then slowly
pulled out a power puff girls handkerchief and threw it on the ground. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I knew that piece of cloth, I knew it! It
belonged to my baby, my child, Rhea. He had her, he still had her. Which meant
she was alive? My mind ran through a list of possibilities, each one of them,
hoping that my lost girl was alive somewhere. She would be 10 years old now.
What could he have done with her? Kept her as his daughter? As a maid? Sold her
to someone? Used her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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even from the depths of hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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my little girl alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And as I tried running in my awkward gait
across the road, Wallace turned around and walked away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">“No….no please. Don’t go.” I screamed after
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">“No…..please. stop…..Rhea. Please tell me
where she is….please!” He did not listen, his walk turned into a slow jog.
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I reached the spot where he had dropped the
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that were no more in the “I don’t give a fuck” bucket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-27652432893402637652014-12-01T03:07:00.000-08:002014-12-01T03:07:03.785-08:00Can a dead person come back as both a Zombie and Ghost?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Life after Chintu!<br />
<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCuE65u-Ajk/VHxLKdTrOUI/AAAAAAAABGA/U4xy6CEvAU4/s1600/scary%2Breflection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCuE65u-Ajk/VHxLKdTrOUI/AAAAAAAABGA/U4xy6CEvAU4/s1600/scary%2Breflection.jpg" height="568" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I wandered listlessly up and down my
suburban, two floored home. Mum had been crying constantly since the last 5
days, and occasionally she would, and I believe on purpose, bring out
discussions on how I farted so loud last Diwali, that my fart could be heard
above all fireworks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And how I had the
most heinous singing voice. Especially whenever I tried singing like Yo Yo
Honey Singh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was sick of people
discussing me, and especially sick of seeing mum, dad and Pingu, my little
brother, cry over and over again. Seriously people, I am right here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And guess what, for once why cant you
discuss the good things, like when I was the school prefect, and college
journal editor? Is it so hard to say nice things about me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I sprawled unceremoniously on my favorite couch,
and then equally unceremoniously fell on the floor with my butt hovering half
way through Shammi aunty’s ceiling, when the doorbell rang. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Right, I needed time to adjust to the fact
I was only ectoplasm now. I passed through solid matter. Which wasn’t fun,
because it made being a smooth and dignified ghost highly challenging.
Seriously, have you ever seen and awkward, clumsy ghost? Neither have I! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Also while I never feel hungry anymore, Id
sure like to taste some of that delicious gulab jamun Meenu aunty so
religiously sends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mum trudged up to the incessant pounding on
the door. Who could it be, this late in the night? I tried to use my super
speed (man was I glad for that?!) super speed to reach the door, when mum cried
out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">“Chintu, mera bacchaaa!” ummm Chintu? Mum I
am right here, who was she calling Chintu at the door. And I saw my mother fall
on to someone, obviously hugging. WTF, who the hell was she hugging?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As I slowly, walked towards the door along
with dad and Pingu. I decided not to pass through any of them. While it gave me
great pleasure to send tingling shivers up their spine, now was not the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Once I reached the door, I saw mum hugging
and crying at me. Me, I tell you. There standing on the door was me, in that
stupid red chudidaar my parents had buried me in. My eyes seemed unfocused and
red, skin pale and chapped like gooey paper and my hands hanging on my sides.
All I could grunt while hugging my mother was, “grrrr!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mom, finally left what was left of me, and
said, “Maine bahut sai baba se dua kee thi ki tu wapas aa jayee. Now you are
back beta. Bhagwan ne meri sun lee.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Wow, I was right here and my family was
getting all excited about the stupid zombie me, who couldn’t even pull her
sleeve up when her dirty bra strap showed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">So, I watched my zombie, eat Meenu aunty’s
gulab jamuns, while only grunting, “Grrr” and mum calling all our relatives
that, “Chintu, maut se wapas aa gayee. Bhagwan ne meri sun lee.” Everyone
wanted to talk to the zombie me, and all she had to say was “grrr”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And mum constantly instructed my petrified
father, to plan a trip to Shirdi sai baba first thing tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Such melodrama I tell you, all for a sick
looking zombie who has no bloody fashion sense. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Days went by, and I realized that zombie me
had a limited vocabulary, for example “Grrr”, Grrr” and “Grrr”. Plus she was
awkward, falling on straight even paths and then complaining “Grrr”. But she
was my mum’s dream daughter, she didn’t talk back, wore all heinous chudidaars
my mother bought her. Obviously, my earlier wardrobe of short dresses and
leather jackets was packed and buried in the basement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I hated the zombie me, because even though
all she said was “grrr”, people heard her. And all she wore were dirty
chudidaars, people saw them. And I was pretty sure soon, she would hunger for
human flesh, but atleast she could taste. Life after Chintu was all about living
vicariously through a Zombie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-22412672707048912962014-11-24T07:38:00.000-08:002014-11-24T07:38:47.897-08:00With bloody hands I waved “Goodbye”..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had painstakingly plucked out bloody feathers from the turkey. It was time to wring it’s leg, twist and then chop. This needed to be done with finesse, after all it was Thanksgiving tomorrow.</div>
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Laura came running from the bedroom, to get her phone that had been ringing incessantly. She picked it and ran inside our room. She had been doing that a lot lately, running to dark corners with her phone, whispering. She thought I was stupid, I did not understand. I also knew what her friends thought about me, that I was slow in the head. Isn’t that why I was a stay at home dad? A 6.5 feet, giant of a man, who couldn’t even get a job. Who spoke slow, in slurs and could not use big words.</div>
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I grabbed the turkey leg, twisted hard and yanked it out of the socket. I imagined doing that to the beautiful long legs of my cheating wife. Wasn't that what Laura always says in bed, "Baby, you are so damn strong, you could break me in a snap!"</div>
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Laura finished plotting her next rendezvous with whoever that asshole was. She stepped out and started wearing her boots. She was going to leave me here with the kids and a handicapped turkey.<br />I twisted and yanked out another limb, before using both my hands to slowly crush the turkey’s bones. I then took a slicing knife and started gutting the limp mass in my hands. Somehow, the act gave me great pleasure. Yes! This was the hell unfaithful whores need to go through.</div>
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I wondered where she met him, in some cheap trashy motel or at his home. Was he married or some single vagabond?</div>
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Laura kissed the kids and walked up to me. I was readying the turkey for it’s final fall from grace. I imagined Laura suffering the same fate, imagined myself as the punisher in black leather overalls. A sliver of guilty pleasure coursed through my big body. She gave me a big kiss and handed me a set of keys while she spoke into my ears, “Tonight, arrange for a babysitter and come to the Waldorf, room 302. I will be waiting for you with nothing on but my stilettoes.” Laura looked up at me and winked in delight. My eyes widened and heart galloped at the thought of Laura naked. </div>
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I twisted the turkey’s neck and instead of neatly chopping it off, I yanked it hard. Blood sprayed into my hands and on the slab.</div>
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“And I will be wearing only black leather…baby!” I spoke. Yes, it was my brute strength that excited her so. And tonight I was going to give it to her, with no holds barred. She laughed and walked away swinging her hips.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-60478964084891355932014-11-04T04:09:00.002-08:002014-11-04T04:09:20.250-08:00A big heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I knew the story of Mrs. Murphy, the young widow at 33.
About her love saga with Mr. Murphy; which spanned across 3 decades. They met
in kindergarten, at the tiny age of 3 and they knew then that their heart
belonged to other forever and ever. For the past 30 years, they never spent a
day apart. Mr. Murphy would always carry Mrs. Murphy’s big heart on his strong
shoulders and Mrs. Murphy would carry Mr. Murphy’s sturdy, noble heart in her
delicate hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But one day, 3 decades after they gave their heart to each
other, Mrs. Murphy was running errands around the town. It was a cold winter
morning; the roads were filled with atl east a feet of snow. The lake was
frozen and trees were barren. A chill wind blew across the town of “Big Heart”
and Mrs. Murphy, in all the hurry of finishing her errands, forgot to carry a
woolen wrap for Mr. Murphy’s heart. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Murphy kept admonishing herself, knowing that Mr.
Murphy would never ever have forgotten to carry a woolen wrap for her
perpetually big heart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As she walked the bridge across the frozen lake, which was a
shortcut from the market place to Mrs. Murphy’s home, she could feel Mr.
Murphy’s heart getting colder, almost ice cold. Mrs. Murphy kept balancing the
heart between two hands while carrying at least 4 grocery bags. And as she was
shifting the heart from one hand to another, Mr. Murphy’s sturdy yet noble
heart slipped from her and landed smack in the middle of the frozen lake
creating a web of cracks and eventually slipping through those cracks in the
ice cold water beneath.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Murphy screamed and shouted, called the cops and
crawled the lake to reach out to her husband’s heart. But it slipped into the
obscurity of a bottomless lake. That night Mrs. Murphy received the body of Mr.
Murphy who, that afternoon instantly died of hypothermia.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Murphy cried and mourned non-stop for a year after.
Until neighbors, including my mom, started counseling her. They kept telling
her that, she is still young and she should start dating now. Who knows she
might find another Mr. Murphy, with an even more nobler heart?<o:p></o:p></div>
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So one spring evening, I think it was a Friday, more than 2
years after the death of Mr. Murphy, I saw Mrs. Murphy, lug her big, big heart,
on to her station wagon. It was clear that she was going out on a date, she was
dressed in her best clothes and I had seen her with make up after a very long
time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With me being home alone for the next few months, and my
semester exams right upon my head, I did not have much of a life. So I made it
my life to observe Mrs. Murphy. I dearly hoped that if not me, at least Mrs.
Murphy, the young widow should get some action.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For the first few weeks of going out on dates, Mrs. Murphy
would always return alone, carrying her shriveled up heart in her palm. One day
I heard our other neighbor Mrs. Patel asking Mrs. Murphy about her dates, all
she said in a tiny voice was, they all want the same thing, sex. Their hearts
are not like my noble Murphy, Mrs. Murphy sobbed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Patel holding her narrow, sharp edged almost black
heart in hands, then advised Mrs. Murphy, “Oh my dear girl, give them what they
want. How else will they come back to you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next Friday evening, as I was chatting with Francis, my
best friend, I noticed Mrs. Murphy again lug her big heart into her station
wagon off on another date. That night she did not come home with a shriveled
heart, neither did she come alone. She came home with a man, carrying his own
muscular heart, the color of vermillion. I felt happy for Mrs. Murphy, maybe
she did find her Mr. Murphy, part 2, after all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next day, I again saw her carry her big beautiful heart
for another date. If anything her heart had become bigger and prettier. I was
sure it was because of the same guy with a muscular vermillion heart. But that
night she came back with another man, carrying a rather tall almost pink heart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And so on it went, each Friday or Saturday for the next 2
months, Mrs. Murphy brought a different man with a different heart. And her
heart in turn grew bigger, glossier, prettier and sexier. I never saw the same
man twice, and by now I started getting worried about Mrs. Murphy. The decent,
church going Mrs. Murphy had turned into a vixen. During the week I would see
her gardening wearing nothing but a tube top and hot pants. From knee length
dresses, she now started wearing skirts that looked more like broad belts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Seeing Mrs. Murphy like that, often did strange things to my
stomach, and well generally the lower half of my body. I felt stiff, funny and
restless.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If anything, I got more obsessed with Mrs. Murphy. I told
myself, it was important that I keep an eye on her. Who knows the next man she
brings into her home, might just turn out to be a serial killer. I stayed awake
at nights keeping a keen eye and ear to Mrs. Murphy’s nocturnal nefarious
activities. All I could make out were intertwined shadows with lots of shouting
and moaning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One morning I woke up from my usual place, the armchair
facing the window, facing Mrs. Murphy’s house. It was the day mum and dad, were
coming back from their spiritual cleansing in India. I realized it was noon
already, time to bring in milk. Hopefully, it hadn’t gone bad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I picked up milk from my door, I saw Mrs. Murphy waving
out to me, all happily glowing like an angel in her white shift and holding her
glossy red, big heart in one hand. I walked up to her, it was time I finally
ask her how her dating is going. Maybe getting her opinion would help my
obsession. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Layla, darling how are you? When are your parents back?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I stared at the contours of her full breasts, molding into a
tiny waist, and I swallowed. “All good Mrs. Murphy. They are back this
afternoon. I actually came to ask you something.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She smiled encouragingly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Now that you are dating again, how is it going? Met anyone?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, I met many my dear girl. But none of have what it takes
to be with me.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What do you mean?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“But of course darling, none of them have Mr. Murphy’s
sturdy noble heart.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, so what are you going to do about that?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t worry I have taken care of it.” She smiled in
delight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After chatting for another 15 minutes, I walked back home
only to find the newspaper sprawled across the floor. Thanks to Tojo our dog,
it was not only sprawled, but also partially eaten. My eyes fell on the local
section, which showed the decomposed body of a muscular man, what was strange
about that picture was that his heart was missing, and so were other vital
parts of his body. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The paper spoke about decomposed bodies being found in the
central lake of young men without their hearts and various other organs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The thin, lanky heart that I held in my hands skipped a
beat, when I saw the picture of a young happy man, holding a strong muscular vermillion
heart next to the image of the corpse. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lana Del Rey sang on the radio:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-88026377127096193392014-11-02T01:25:00.000-07:002014-11-02T22:27:56.050-08:00Woes of motherhood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am a mother, and seriously, it is “Not” the greatest job
in the world. There are so many things about motherhood that I do not agree
with.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For example: You know how every woman says that popping a
child out of her womb was the happiest, most joyful moment in her life. It s
all bullshit, I tell you….bulllllshittt!<o:p></o:p></div>
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How can labor of anywhere between 10 to 40 hours, where
every 30 seconds you bear unimaginable pain, be the most joyful moment of your
life? <o:p></o:p></div>
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And guess what, it doesn’t end there, it is followed by 365
days of sleepless nights, sleepless days, and a complete transformation from a
young nubile woman to a misshapen ghost. Oh and dark circles are best
experienced in motherhood.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So yes, I have been a mom for 7 years now, and guess what,
in the last 7 years, there have only been 5-6 such occasions where I have been
able to dwell in my bath for more than 15 minutes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My standard 5 minute time to poop is usually interrupted
atleast 5 times with my kids, banging, scratching, pushing or generally whining
at the bathroom door.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Toilet paper is the most in demand commodity in my house.
Sometimes, I feel my kids don’t use it, they consume it like candy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And the best part of it all when you say “No”, it just means
your kids will start hanging on to you like a sloth and repeating their request
with a prefix and postfix of “Pleeeeaaaaasssseee!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s not forget being judged; especially by these pesky
non-parents who seem to believe they have their parenting philosophy down to a
“T”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When my son greets them with a, “Hi”, they make a face and
respond with “Good morning Siddharth!”. I should tell them that you are the
lucky one, my son actually bothered to raise his head from the ipad, while he
is midst of finishing the final level of Shark Attack. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But of course, you pesky non-parents would not get that. You
would judge me for using the ipad as a convenient baby sitter and a source of
entertainment. Well, judge all you want, you would thank smart phone and tablet
manufacturers when you join the motherhood bandwagon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh and let’s talk about those unrealistically perfect mother’s
who give no junk food to their kids and limit recreational/TV viewing hours to
30 minutes a day. I want to ask them something, seriously, don’t you have a
life. Don’t you want to do really important and meaningful stuff when your
child is glued to the TV? For example: Bitch about your mother in law to your
best friend, or discuss that annoyingly perfect mom at school, who is always
prim, wears Versace and carries Louis Vitton. Hell, even her child’s school bag
is a Tommy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perhaps, the most annoying part about motherhood are the
grandparents. They seem to know exactly what needs to be done when. As if they
have raised perfect specimens of mankind. Case in point, yours truly!<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you think motherhood is scary by now, you haven’t
experienced the scariest part yet. When finally after 2 years you visit a club
with friends or spouse, only because your parents or inlaws have grudgingly
agreed to babysit your monsters. You will see a bunch of 17 something girls
drunk and falling all over the place, a bunch of 17 something boys, running
around carrying 2 of these drunk girls in each arms and there would be whispers
of ecstasy and LSD. Your heart would stop, your eyes would be wide, and you
will promise yourself that next month you are moving to a convent with your
kids and never looking back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know you are very affectionate towards my children, but if
you wake them, you take them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will always be tired, and if I am taking a nap, don’t you
dare wake me, lest you want to experience the fire-breathing dragon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will whip up a meal in half an hour; it will not be
gourmet, it will not be healthy either. But you better not make a face.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And finally, bear in mind, if you say a single unsavory word
about my kids, you ex-girlfriend/stalker would be the least of your problems.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-1326810901201833252014-10-29T00:03:00.003-07:002014-11-02T22:36:12.651-08:00Living a lie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The crowd rose for a thundering applause. Devika, couldn't help grinning from one ear to another. This is it, this was her day. She had finally released her book called "Super moms", it was an inspirational guide for working mother’s to create that perfect work life balance.<br />
<br />
The amphitheater, where she stood and spoke, felt like home to her, and the scores of adoring crowd, her family. Once she finished giving autographs and answering countless questions, Devika was more exhilarated than exhausted. It was time to go home.<br />
<br />
Devika entered her living room only to find Tia’s toys all over the house, her 5 year old was still running around in school uniform at 10:00 pm. Following her was, James, Devika’s husband and Tojo, their Labrador.<br />
<br />
James saw Devika and stopped, “Finally home, is it? We have been waiting for you to come and give us dinner.”<br />
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“You haven’t eaten yet, didn’t Sharada cook?”<br />
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“Yes, she did. But its egg and we are in mood to eat chicken, aren’t we Tia?”<br />
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Tia, nodded her head in eagerly, “Yummm chickennnn!”<br />
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Devika, dredged herself to the kitchen. As she cooked, James went on with a list of complaints.<br />
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“Tia’s, teacher says, she needs to practice spellings. With this silly feministic book of yours, you seem to have forgotten your daughter. And when will you take her to the dentist, am I supposed to do everything. Don’t I take care of the house, Tia and Tojo when you have to go for these stupid talks…Don't youvforget are a housewife before being an author.<br />
Devika, are you even listening to me….atleast acknowledge?!”<br />
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James walked off in exasperation, “I feel like I am talking to the walls....Oh and take Tojo for a walk.”<br />
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Devika was too exhausted to argue, she finished and took Tojo for a walk. She kept thinking about how the whole world could understand her, except for her own husband. It made her miserable that she couldn’t even follow a single tip from her own guide.<br />
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As she walked the empty street, Tojo started barking. Devika felt a sliver of fear when she made out someone standing in a dark corner. As that person, stepped out in the light, she realized it was Devika herself. It was like looking into a mirror.<br />
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The doppelgänger spoke one sentence before disappearing, ”So, how does it feel to live a lie, Supermom?”<br />
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And Devika couldn’t help but break into bitter tears.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-70415319259275839202014-10-22T01:54:00.003-07:002014-11-02T22:37:19.092-08:00The Door<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Door made its presence known
on a perfect day. It was mother’s 40<sup>th</sup> birthday and she expected a
grand celebration. Nothing could take the focus away from mother, except for
the Door maybe. Perhaps, it was that sadistic streak which made the Door appear
on that eventful summer morning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father, I and Bren woke up
early, we ran to Mrs. Tully, our neighbor, and sneaked the cake inside our
house. Of course we couldn’t have hidden mother’s 40<sup>th</sup> birthday cake
in our refrigerator; she would have known. We decorated the cake with candles;
none of us would dare put all 40 candles, so we settled for 20, and wrote, “20
in every which way”. That should cheer mother up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We arranged the living room with
balloons and stars. And when we were ready, father brought a groggy mother out
into the living room. I say groggy because apparently mother was being naughty
at 40 last night. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As expected, mother was absolutely
delighted, soon her delight turned into surprise, shock and mortification. And
she kept staring at me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Okay that was creepy, but then I
saw father and Bren also staring at me the same way, until I realized they were
staring at something behind me. My mind ran a list of things that could
possibly be standing there, from man eating lions to killer clowns from outer
space, from Emily Rose to the Wicked Witch of the west, from Ted Bundy to
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“Mishka, honey why don’t you
come over here?” Mother finally spoke, and implored with her stretched hands.
Yes, that sounded like a good plan, to turn around while I was standing there
in the safe circle of my family. I ran to mother, and looked. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was inconspicuous, it was
inconsequential to my vivid expectations, it was a door. A door that was never
there for the last 15 years that I had lived in that house and in this world.
It just stood there innocent, a brown polished door that could only be opened
from the other side. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Instantly “The Door” became a
smash hit in our neighborhood, perhaps more of a hit than its namesake band.
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ruminate over the Door.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There were theories, some sane,
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Devil chose our home for it, since we have not attended the Sunday mass in the
last 5 years. Of course, mother then ranted on about the benefits of embracing
Scientology as a religion. When Tom Cruise doesn’t have a gateway to hell in
his mansion, why should we? What can I say, the argument seemed legitimate!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Tully, felt that the Door
led to the garden outside, our family, along with 100 other people just cant
see it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My friends and I thought that
the Door was a wormhole and should it open; the entire world would get sucked
into it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bren, expected zombies infected
with the T-Virus to walk in through the door; and that’s why he always armed
himself with his baseball bat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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People tried breaking down the
door, and the wall around it. Even a wrecking ball couldn’t touch the Door.
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the Door, it became business as usual and we started ignoring it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Life went on, until one summer
evening. After a year of ignoring the newest member of our household, The Door,
it happened. I reached home that evening, only to be welcomed by mother’s
excited chattering.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It opened, Mishka. It opened.”
What?!! Finally the Door opens.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I ran inside and mother followed.
I saw father, Bren and Mishka standing there near the Door. Wait, Mishka? I was
Mishka. But she looked just like me. My stomach sank and I slowly turned around
to see the bodies of my real Mother, Father and Bren lying near the dining
area. Mother or that woman who looked like mother, spoke with a wide evil grin
on her face, “You are next.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>So this was my first
attempt at Alternative history, and I couldn't help but imagine, what could
have happened had thousands of witches not been hunted and burned at stake in
early 16th century.</i></div>
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“Muriel, I need the love potion you gave Ashthi”, my patron
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potion. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With great witchcraft, comes great responsibility.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Why do you need it Runa, didn’t you just take one last
month for, what was that boy’s name, Aryan, isn’t it?” I asked her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yeah, but now I am bored of Aryan, and he is all love
struck, done it all to please me. This time, it is the mail man, Pasha. He
seems quite a catch.” Runa’s eyes light up with excitement and desire. She
obviously was bored of her last month’s love slave and needed another
distraction. But I wasn’t going to provide her with the love potion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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non-intellectual purposes like lifting weights, making love, running errands
and giving us our precious baby girls. There would sometimes be boys, but those
boys were given to wet nurses and sent to the palaces to be raised as love
slaves. And yes, even if it felt wrong to treat them as slaves, there wasn’t
much that could be done. It was after all the way of the world. <o:p></o:p></div>
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to think differently, they would look and that’s it, just look like they had
the thinking capacity of a sparrow! I had heard stories about smart men,
intelligent men, Alexander the great, King Arthur but that was all before the
16<sup>th</sup> century. All before witches of the world took over the reigns
and men lost the capacity to exercise their brain.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So yes back to Runa, while Pasha would serve his purpose for
Runa, it was wrong for Runa to want so much. After all greed and lust were the
ancient sins.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Sorry Runa, you know the drill. One love potion for one
man. And that has got to last for at least 3 months.” I responded to Runa, who
made a face and stomped out of my store.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ufff, these new rules made by the new Queen of witches were
too much to abide by. We had heard rumors about a man in the Queen’s service
who was a wizard, and the Queen was in love with him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the reason for all those pro – men
rules. These rules did not go down well with most of the world. Already there
was a rebel uprising in whole of Europe and India. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Love” a woman falling in love with a man was unheard of,
and that too a wizard. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Wizard’s were a small species of men who were respected by
witches because they were as well versed in magic as we Witches were, but the
Wizard population was dwindling. They were one by one being hunted down by a
secret society of witches who felt that men had only one purpose and that was
one of a slave.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This secret society went by the name of “Kooreetsi”, it
began in the later 17<sup>th</sup> century and were lorded over by a panel of 7
fierce and powerful witches, who were also referred to as elders. Every 100
years the reigns of power passed on to the chosen 7. The 7 were chosen from a
lineage of pure blood witches and after years of rigorous training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each one of these 7 had to prove mastery over
5 elements before they were declared as elders. And their identity remained a
secret from every one including the bottom ring of the “Kooreetsi” society. The
elders were not just responsible for taking crucial decisions in running of the
“Kooreetsi” society but also were especially trained in taking down and hunting
of the most powerful wizards. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I looked outside and realized it was dark already. Time to
shut shop and go home. As I was about to pull down the shutters, a Raven came
flying towards me and dropped a sealed envelope. I instantly knew where the
letter came from. My hands shivered in excitement as I opened the letter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There were just two lines written on it:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hunter: Elder Muriel<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hunted: Wizard Dragan<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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With a crazy grin on my face, and the lust of my next hunt
literally making me salivate I ran to the resource room in the basement of my 2
storied home. A cozy abode that alternated between a ground floor store and 1st
floor living quarters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The weapons room was filled with spell books, potions,
swords, axes, guns, poisonous knives and my most prized possession, Rhys, my
pet boa constrictor. A wizard can’t possibly incant spells when Rhys is
increasingly choking his throat now, can he? Oh how many of those, nasty men
who called themselves men of magic suffocated to the grip of Rhys. Rhys loved
me and I loved him and the best part of having Rhys with me was that I was never
lonely.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I became the Elder, Rhys was my gift. Blessed with the
power of speech he was a young 6 days old Boa who would wail consistently for
either milk or a frog. But I raised him and I have loved him ever since first
set eyes upon the tiny, scaly green shiny delight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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It took me around 2 hours to collect all my weapons and
magic books, potions and poisons and dump them in the bottomless bag. Before I
could ask, Rhys wrapped himself around my neck and I teleported us to the
nearest “Warp”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Warps” were this elite mode of travel, reserved only for
witches and wizards. They could teleport you to any part of the world in an
instant.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I stood outside the warp looking up at the night sky and the
giant columns where every single inch was carved with incantations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I cut my veins and allowed the blood to flow through the
channels that led inside the warp and invoked the spell of teleportation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Ut ducem luna et requies lucis, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh ianuam, ut me semper in – Pragae”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I saw a light forming in the dark recesses of the “Warp”, I
waited in anticipation for the light to engulf me and pull me in, for what I
knew would be the greatest adventure of my life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Muriel, I have always hated teleportation, it ruffles my
scales.” Rhys spoke in a tone that sounded suspiciously like fear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-84416831104178119162014-09-29T10:18:00.001-07:002014-11-05T07:10:16.573-08:00I am you..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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They entered through the main door, the woman and her two daughters. With flowing white togas, clinched at the waist, they looked like the ray of sunshine, I had been waiting for God knows how long.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="82d4" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“Mother, is this where we will live?” The younger one with golden locks, and the face of an angel spoke up.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="28a6" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>The woman looked around with and expression of sorrow mixed with disdain.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="1dbf" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“Yes, Runa this is our home now.”</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="a712" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>The girls ran around the small home, which took not more than 10 steps to cover from one end to another. It was a stone house with low white ceilings and claustrophobic white walls. The only place divided was the bathroom with a cane door. The kitchen, bedroom and sitting area were seamless in this small home with no divisions.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="fa76" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>Another entered through the main door, a priestess with religious symbols tattooed all over her arms and shaved head. She walked around the ten steps and crossed the length of this humble abode. She stopped right under the roof, where there was a small hole to stream sunlight through. She cocked her head towards the right, looked up at the roof, let the breeze from above wash over her shining and tattooed baldness and looked at the mother.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="3afa" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“This place is cursed!” she spoke.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="39ac" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“Cursed?! But we have to live here, there is no where else to go.” Said the woman in absolute despair, holding her two girls.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="12ec" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“I did not say that you have to move.” Said the priestess. “There is a restless spirit haunting this place, we need to get rid of it.”</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="a4a9" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“How do we do that?” asked the woman with tears in her eyes.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="ebd1" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“We prepare for the ritual now, I have everything with me. I will need your help to set things up.”</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="6d0b" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>They then set about to prepare for the ritual, and while I waited to write what comes next; I decided to look for the restless spirit. How difficult would it be to find a ghost in a house that can be covered in just 10 long strides? I looked in the bathroom first, nothing, went to the kitchen area, nothing, went to where they started the ritual and there standing in the watering hole. I saw her.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="3dd4" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>She did not belong here, this house was now theirs, the woman and her two girls and she needed to go.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="dded" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>I could hear the priestess chanting in the background, she had drawn strange religious symbols all over the wall and lit a fire in the centre of the house. She believed that only with the combustion of fire and water will the spirit leave this house.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="2fd7" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>As her voice grew louder, so did the fire become larger and thunder rolled outside.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="0179" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>The priestess came over to the watering hole to fill up the round vessel. I knew that when she does that final act of pouring water over fire, this soul would disappear from the house.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="0429" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>Shouldn’t I ask her, if she was ready to go? I looked back her, and she seemed scared. For a moment I felt pity, but then i realised that the dead have no place here in my story. This story was about the woman and her girls.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="968b" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>I gathered courage and asked her, “Are you ready to go?”</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="889f" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>She spoke in tiny voice, “I don’t know. “</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="8af7" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>“You don’t have a choice, you can’t be a part of this tale” I reprimanded her.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="ede7" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>I looked behind me, the priestess was poised with the vessel to pour water over fire and vanquish this ghost.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="a8dd" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>But wait, shouldn’t I ask her who she is, and how did she come into my tale.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="f580" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>I looked back at her and asked, “Who are you?”</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="eb14" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>And as I finished my sentence, I felt excruciating pain throughout my body, as if someone was trying to rip my very essence into shreds.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5044145882607425617" id="b49f" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: inherit;"></a>The priestess had poured water on fire, and the ghost spoke, “I am you.”</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-49440191464011263292014-09-13T08:44:00.000-07:002014-09-13T08:45:14.205-07:00She<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A moment stretched unto eternity,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And I am supposed to call her
Maa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-48200323518637068752014-09-08T05:59:00.001-07:002014-09-08T07:50:16.189-07:00The raven<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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August 10th:</div>
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Dear diary,<br />
Something really strange happened today. I spotted this raven at my bedroom window staring at me intensely. It wasn’t the first time either, I have seen this raven around almost daily, and only today I realised it is the same fella everyday. And I know this because there is a small white scratch on his beak. Could it be David? Could his soul have come back from the dead?<br />
Or am I reading too much into it?</div>
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P.S: You do know today will mark a year since David left me.</div>
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August 21st:</div>
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Dear diary,<br />
I am sure the raven is David, and I will tell you why. Remember that Paediatrician I met at the socials last week, he asked me out. And as I laid out my first date dress on the bed, you know, the red one. David’s favourite! The raven came and pooped on it. It entered my bedroom sat on the bed and pooped on the red dress! If this doesn’t convince you that David has come back to me…then nothing will.</div>
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August 30th:</div>
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Dear diary,<br />
I am so happy today, I and David had coffee in the balcony, just like old times. I made mine strong and gave David some milk. Oh I discovered that this new David loves my chicken pops just like the old one. When I clean the house and dust the surfaces, David does the same on his window sill. He removes all dust particles using his beak. His soul is still the same. He is my David, even his habits are the same.</div>
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I am in love all over again!</div>
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September 15th:</div>
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Diary,</div>
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David has not been coming daily anymore. I wonder where he goes. Do you think he goes to see her, be with her, just like he used to? I thought he came back for me! That bastard, can’t he let go of her and just be mine. I need to know where he goes, I need to follow him, diary. I must make him mine again.</div>
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September 20th:</div>
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I saw him, I saw him sitting on the window sill of her apartment looking in, watching them. It was a raven and I know it was David. That lying, cheating, traitorous man! He promised me, he swore that he will be mine and only mine.</div>
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September 22nd:</div>
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Dear Diary,</div>
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I am happy again. Oh so happy, I have been listening to Angus & Julia Stone in a loop since morning. David is back home, he is mine again. He has fulfilled his promise and left his wife and children forever.<br />
Guess what, diary?<br />
All it took was a rat poison and a taxidermist!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-4598702806816784922014-08-30T12:27:00.004-07:002014-08-30T12:27:48.155-07:00The white girl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As Karen walked through the streets of Jaipur, she was
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She remembered her friend Atul, warning her, “if you want to
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Karen had heard so many beautiful things about India, the
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Karen shook herself off her thoughts and decided to put Atul
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That’s when, in Karens head, the warning bells started
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She looked around to see dark men, smoking what they called
a bidi, silently staring at her, when she felt something sharp poke her back and a stinking breath near
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-49960942557068307912013-11-28T04:00:00.000-08:002013-11-28T04:00:22.486-08:00A toothpaste in green please<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dear Manufacturers,<br /><br />Please consider manufacturing your products in color green. Don't get me wrong, I am not Green World...Global Warming...Save the Earth propagation. The reason for my suggestion, are the below situations:<br /><br />1. "Mummy....I want GREEN auto. I want to only go in GREEN auto." and your child cries himself to sleep moaning GREEN autoOOOOO.<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /><br />2. He refuses to brush his teeth for days only because I can't find him a GREEN paste and brush....grrrr<br /><br />3. Honestly, there are not enough GREEN pants and GREEN t shirts in all the malls as there are in my home<br /><br />4. Tantrums, in the middle of the night because he wants GREEN bed sheets and blankets.<br /><br />5. GREEN shoes, GREEN caps, GREEN watch blah GREEN blah GREEN blah blah blah<br /><br />I hope now you get it, and be careful lest your kids contract the ORANGE/GREEN/YELLOW/RED/BLUE disease.<br /><br />From,<br /><br />The harrowed mother of the boy who loves GREEN!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-28080458319968186772013-11-28T03:41:00.000-08:002013-11-28T03:41:06.963-08:00Let's find my mind...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My most interesting conversations with Simba happen, while getting him ready for school. Like today:<br /><br />"Mummy?"<br /><br />"Yes?"<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /><br />"You know, I lost my mind and I did not even know that."<br /><br />"Eh?"<br /><br />"Yeah, I lost my mind, where should I find it mummy?" (mummy looks up to see that he is dead serious.)<br /><br />"Who told you that?" (mummy getting increasingly upset).<br /><br />"Daaadddyyy"<br /><br />Conclusion: Daddy gets toasted!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-45724244584267496802013-11-28T03:37:00.004-08:002013-11-28T03:37:45.164-08:00Happy Children's day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So on children's day...walking Simba back from school, I realize how the rest if my day would go..<br /><br />Simba: "Mummy, after we go home, 1st you give me lunch. And then you make me do my homework. I have 2 homework by the way.<br />And then we will go out and buy hard paper and make a remote control car at home. (Seriously, I have no freakin clue how that's possible.)<br />And then we will take my cycle and f<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ill petrol for the tyre. (Ok, I think he means air)<br />And then you make me learn how to play guitar so that I can sing "Eye of the tiger" for my talent show in school.<br />That's it!" (oh yeahhh)<br /><br />Mummy: (wiping the sweat off her brow) "Ummmm okkkkayyy!!!"<br /><br />So, happy children's day...</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-48268793044691984732012-09-15T10:39:00.001-07:002012-09-15T10:39:57.057-07:00My Grand Adventure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The path to insanity....<br />
Step 1: Visit Essel World on a Saturday when you would rather be sleeping at home.<br />
Step 2: Dare to go on Thunder....the ride that renders you upside down. And while you are trying hard to defy gravity by holding yourself up...you realise this is it. This is the end of life as you know it.<br />
Step 3: You then panic and start screaming "mummmyyyyy" 1000 X 1000 times. And while your holding on to the thread of your life and screaming for your mother, you suddenly feel guilty about missing your mom and not your kids. Especially when they run the risk of soon being orphaned.<br />
Step 4: You then decide to screw the guilt and go back to screaming "mummmyyyyy" 1000 X 1000 times. When suddenly you start warning people around that you are gonna throw up. After warning them atleast 5 times....embarassingly enough you actually throw up. Not on others but on yourself....which is even worse!!<br />
Step 5: You then step out of the ride and have water hosed down on you....which obviously is not as sensous as it looks in movies.<br />
Step 6: You sit in the sun, waiting to dry your clothes and refuse to step on anything remotely kinetic.<br />
Step 7: As if step 1 to step 6 were not enough, you then get tempted into trying ice skating. And after slipping on your bum like a zillion times, when you finally manage to reach the exit of the ice rink, you realise you have no feeling left in your hands, lips, nose and your brain. You then thank god for helping you nearly freeze to death and ask mere mortals to help you.<br />
Step 8: and when you finally walk out of Essel World, you can't help but wonder...what a grand adventure. And Ram Morrison you missed it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-16770999885823571272012-08-05T12:19:00.000-07:002012-08-05T12:19:36.617-07:00Why does my heart feel so sad?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What would you do when your home is not a beautiful villa, picket fence, a lovely garden and everything that makes 4 walls a home?
What if your home is someone, a person who makes you feel like you belong, belong right there no matter where it is and how it is.
And when you know that anything you ever do and anywhere you ever be, you will miss home. It will feel like a hole in your heart forever, like a weight on your soul, a knowledge that you don't belong. Even if it is in the beautiful villa with a picket fence.
And that is when you heart will feel so fucking bad that it threaten to tear from inside out....and a scream of anguish pushes against your throat waiting to come out......
sorrow so deep and black knowing that you will never be home. And it's the picket fence that will be your cage...forever.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-49978355167491212652012-03-19T11:27:00.002-07:002012-03-19T11:39:48.315-07:00Para....para....paradiseWhen I was 4 i believed with all my heart that the next holiday, a barbie doll, playing all day long with my cousins would give me paradise.<br />When I was 7, I believed a little extremely naughty brother (trust me I got one) would give me paradise.<br />When I was 13 being the girl with maximum roses would be paradise.<br />When I was 19, I believed a kickass job and cool steady boy friend would be paradise.<br />When I was 25 marrying an awesome guy and travelling the world would be paradise.<br /><br />At 30 I look back, and realise I did everything, I had everything.......and I still haven't found paradise.<br />Aren't you the elusive one paradise? <br />I am not sure anymore what should I dream next to achieve paradise. Do I still want paradise...........or maybe not? Maybe I want peace, peace of mind, a peaceful heart, a pure smile not corrupted by bittersweet wisdom.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-37136097831093587922012-02-06T11:01:00.000-08:002012-02-06T11:17:41.698-08:00again listening to "drops of jupiter".....reminds me of everything beautiful, worthwhile, memorable and treasured.<br />Oh so much happened this year....so much. 2012 started with.....<br />1. Dives in the kiddie swimming pool....with the love of my life. The ferocious cuddly duddly lion king.<br />2. Being back stabbed.....again(phew!! by now i should have evolved and grown eyes on my back like a housefly)<br />3. Kerela ayurveda massage....sweet pain pleasure like punishment (ah i almost manage to sound dirrrtttyy)<br />4. Loosing close to 25k to Vodafone.....internet usage on my "smart phone"....more like "smartass phone"<br />5. Met someone with 167 IQ, and the backbone of a centipede.....but totally fell in love. Result: "alone again....naturally!!"<br />6. Realized that puppy love, though never dies.......however, evolves into a beautiful spiritual connection<br />7. Scored....yipppeee<br />8. finally mastered the art of one person playing good cop/bad cop in one go. Largely done by observing my mum...<br />9. Rootcanaled my 4 yr old.....4 years. Simba turned 4. 4. 4.....damn no matter how many times i repeat it. still sounds strange. <br />10. Ok yeah my 4 year old got a root canal by cutest periodontist evaahhhh....<br /><br />So yes, the beginning has been quite eventful....still reeling under my new adventures. Wonder what more is coming my way???!!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-25707839760498355242011-12-06T07:12:00.001-08:002011-12-06T07:22:34.253-08:00Listening to drops of jupiter...........and imagining what would be the vast universe like??!!! OMG don't you ever wish you could travel to the moon, hop from one planet to another, feel the vaccum in vastness of space, be sucked into a blackhole and land up in an upside down magical kingdom.<br />Don't you ever wish you are so surrounded by the brightness of sun that it consumes you into it's glory, dissolve into the whirlpool of the Milky way, experience the "hitchhiker's guide to the universe", breathe, bathe and wear stardust.<br />Oh I wish I could do all of that and more, experience a life beyond life, knowledge beyond known and waltz with the unknown.<br />Pity just one lifetime and a few 70 - 80 years is not enough for everything that I want do :-(Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-70171876141151596782011-11-04T11:28:00.000-07:002011-11-04T11:43:46.846-07:00and the truth is.....i miss you!my son believes in me when I tell him that he can find fairies and flying dragons in the enchanted forests. He believes that when evil forces attack him he has the strength to conquer them all. He believes that his mother is Queen of her kingdom who has the answers to all his questions. He believes that shining white swords will magically appear and he will fly away on his pegasus to the kingdom of light. He believes that this world is the enchanted land where good always wins over evil.<br /><br />the truth is.....fairies don't exist and neither do brave honorable dragons.<br />the truth is.....his mother is not a queen but a philospher who wanders searching for answers.<br />the truth is.....this world is a land full of good, evil and somehwere in between. And good does not always conquer evil.<br />the truth is.....i will do everything i can, everything in my power, everything beyond me, everything above me to keep him safe, secure and happy.<br />the truth is.....he is my light, he is my magic, he is my enchanted land, i will never let him go.<br />and the truth is.....i miss you. i miss you so.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-91535073004459976052011-10-22T11:24:00.000-07:002011-10-22T11:32:12.697-07:00People of LibyaGaddafi died, 40 years of oppression over in a matter of minutes. What do you do when you realise you are suddenly free? What do you do when captivity and oppression is all you have known all your life?<br />You go mad, you do everything you have ever dreamt of, you live life as you always were, you find love, you laugh like you have never laughed before, you find drugs, you go jay walking, you streak in broad daylight, you write, you drink, you sing loud, you celebrate and you thank God for these moments of complete abandon and freedom.<br />Ah the taste of freedom, I can almost feel the elation in Libya, the joy, the relief, the sweet tears of liberty.<br /><br />May you never have to loose a loved one for the fruitless cause of a mad man's designs of governance.<br /><br />Love,<br />Priya.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044145882607425617.post-91185672220360628632011-09-08T12:21:00.000-07:002011-09-08T12:38:40.674-07:00Escalation to ironyevents you cannot ignore,<br />coincidences convince you more,<br /><br />oh irony, what is your plan?<br />i am sick of being your partner in this game of chess,<br />it's you I cannot out guess,<br />Who lives my life, you or I?<br />And if it is you, I have to say,<br />you do have a strange sense of humour.<br />Make me run from pillar to post,<br />joy and sorrow administered by the hour,<br />Do you enjoy this charade?<br />Find another to play with,<br />Some one who showers you with accoloades.<br />I know I asked you for life once,<br />For thrills and adventures known to none,<br />But I was young and vain, don't judge me by that me,<br />for the wiser me bears the pain.<br /><br />Let me be, let me be "home",<br />Where I belong, who is my own.<br />Someday I will smile and fade,<br />in the arms of my home,<br />and I will be born again,<br />Irony, I will be ready to play then,<br />play again this game of chess,<br />Maybe outwit you with my best guess,<br /><br />Until then, leave me home,<br />for there I wish to rest.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620537947864536488noreply@blogger.com2