My past - a ten-headed tycoon
By Manu Kant
my past has travelled ahead
in its breast it holds
no grievances
no reproaches
no murmurings
my past has no heart
no blood veins no arteries
just a ropeway
helix like
or a heart built of recombinant DNA
my past has travelled ahead
with self-satisfied dignity
it resembles a peacock
in the mating season
feathers unfurled in full glory
in a patch of forest land
my past
has splintered into many busts
it has become a ten-headed tycoon
a CEO
a bureaucrat
medical professional
engineer
banker
lawyer
a businessman
wall street agent
soldier
a PIO (Peoples of Indian Origin)
my past is a ten-headed tycoon
the State in its elemental splendour
recently my past met me
it said with a straight face
let us have tea or coffee
let us catch up
talk of old times
my past has travelled ahead
moved ahead in life
has no grievances
no reproaches
yet it heard my murmur
barely audible
I am a sparrow
said I
extinct
already run out of steam
what is there to talk about
I already had a look at your facebook profile
for me it is the end of the story
better look towards the future
lurking behind the monsoon clouds
beckoning
my past's facebook profile:
About me
Basic info Gender: Male
Looking for: milking nostalgia
Political views: pathetically apolitical
Religious views: pan Indian
