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Mirror O Mirror

For the first time in months, I am by myself in this 2 BHK flat for the weekend. My brother went to Delhi on a surprise visit for our father's birthday. My room mate has went to his grandparents' native place. We've been staying together for 6 months now. Before that, I stayed alone in a 1 BHK flat for one and a half years. I stand before the mirror to look at myself. I look at my head. The hair are cropped quite short, a hairstyle I opted because it could hide my receding hairline. It didn't succeed. The inverted W gets more prominent every time when I look at the mirror. There's a pustule on my forehead, a little right to where a woman might wear a bindi. My eyes have sunk a little back, and the skin beneath my eyes is strikingly darker. I wasn't aware of this until my parents and my colleagues pointed this out. You don't notice these small changes that happen to you. Both my ears feel warm. The liberal hair growth on my body hasn't spared the

Play Me In Your Lap

A guitar Without a guitarist Just wood and metal There's no music A person Without a lover Just flesh and bones There's no life

Untitled V

I remind myself daily That I have forgotten you