once we were watching PK in a houseful theatre
when it happened. the scene we rush past
is aamir khan, in dust and ash, holding onto
the shoe of the dead sanjay dutt. people yell
at us for coming in the way of their entertainment.
no car stopped. we got into an autorickshaw
that raced to the hospital and then charged
twice the usual price. we couldn't yell back.
we gave him whatever was asked of us.
~ ajay
originally a part of my chapbook balancing act, link to the e-chapbook in my bio
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ways of slowly dying ~ poetry
Poetry"life is slow dying. so are their separate ways of building, benediction, measuring love and money ways of slowly dying." ~ philip larkin
