Friday, December 4, 2009

WHEN SHALINI DANCED

Manasvi knows she's not beautiful
Bradley strums his guitar to a tune from a memory, seven years old
Maneka rests her head slowly on his shoulder
Shalini gets up and dances with abandon on top of the borrowed Chevy
Tejpal is scared that she will fall down but doesn't mind her swaying, impromptu hips
Rhea gets down on one knee in front of twenty people and Digby rolls his eyes
Mandira scrapes her knees while getting down in front of Manbir
Niharika fights with Vishal, again
Piyali reads Pynchon in the darkness
Farinoush stops traffic
Jahanzeb hopes for a yes
Anuj contemplates murder
Hans looks longingly at Manasvi from behind the wall with unmentionable graffiti
Siddharth stares at the same wall with vacant eyes and white nostrils
Vishal applies the finishing touches to his make up kiss
Fari cries over Manbir when no one's looking
Vatan smiles at Jahanzeb for the first time in two years
Piyali pretends reading Pynchon while glancing surreptitiously at TP in between the lines
Digby misses home and the cardamom tea to go with it
Dhrubo dreams of a revolution with his unfathomable plays
Vatan sleeps besides Manasvi for the first time
Patil watches Oberoi burn
And no one loves you Varsha
No one but me

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