Monday, June 30, 2008

Extinction

I am immobile with my wings folded
I do not wished to be touched
Outside the world of wisdom, reason and feelings
Can you place your hand on the axial moment
When suddenly all hell broke loose
What do your eyes tell me?
There is no communication between the eyes
Only dusky waiting, without end.
Waiting inevitably for extinction, unemancipiated
You too will be obliterated
Before you can use the alibis of flagrancy
And what shall you say then?
What shall you think?
Are you going forward or back,
Or stuck in an unending Moebius strip
The dusky lidless eyes remain unresponsive.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

JUDE ADMISSION CHRONICLES

This account is fictional except for the parts that aren’t.
We had barely begun our vigil when the monstrous creature laid its eyes on us; with its slavering jaws and great blazing eyes, it moved like an animatronic raptor with its claw raised, poised for attack
It’s a wondrous tale that is about to unfold of heroism, in the face of danger, and of the gallantry of a handful of young people against a awe-inspiring foe. And like all its kindred , it begins in the most unassuming of places -the parking lot. Let us proceed to a brief history of the parking lot. it’s a dilapidated structure and several times planned to be blown up because its roof flying would have been a sight to see. And once you’ve got a couple of thousand people crammed inside there baying for each others blood, you could quite convincingly write an insiders account of what its being like inside a proverbial sardine in a can.
We on whom the holy responsibility of maintaining the sanctity of the conclave lay were prepared for extreme circumstances but then again things never turn out the way you think will be. Yes people it was the most fearsome of beasts a disgruntled and overprotective parent code name P.A.P.A. One young maiden Reeti by name was the first to realise that we were in mortal peril. In no uncertain voice she informed us of the peril, by shrieking in a most unmelodious manner . Awakening to the danger, all other representatives of the fairer sex in the parking lot including squadron leader Rimii BC began to vocally express their displeasure.
Perceiving that it’s prey has been posing a “threat” to its “young” ones gased its jaws and dived headlong towards the next possible victim saying “Tumi amar cheleke flat kore debe!”. Aided by the chivalrous comrades I managed to avert disaster . No laughing matter I must hasten to add when the attack meant for me was diverted towards another innocent victim. Goaded to near madness by the loss of its prey, the beast poised itself for another attack when our gallant field marshall Tintinda stood up on his precarious seat and uttered a ferocious battle cry. That somehow managed to curb its advance, the monster decided to return to greener pastures, and inflicted its loathsome presence on us again. A chimaera code name “really anxious momma” adding a couple of manticores code name “other murderous relatives” and a couple of dragons code name “nei kaaj to di bawaal people” thrown in as a bonus wreaked unbelievable havoc. They ferociously pursued us from one end of the parking lot to another, as a result of which pure unadulterated chaos and confusion ensued. Finally a gallant knight named Lav code name “The sun is my friend” stepped forward wielding his trusty blue bottle and started battling with the creature. Perceiving that it had met a worthy foe, the creature hesitated no longer, but gave out a blood lusty roar and plunged into battle. After a long and drawn out match, in an unworthy move the beast managed to bamboozle the knight by making some sounds like an out of order violin. We all were galled to see this young knight emit several screams, abandon his weapon and run for safety. Spurred to action by this effort of bravery more of us readied ourselves for a final assault. Soon friend and foe all were screaming and tumbling in a frightful tangle. But this surge was not to last too long the steadfast knights forced these creatures to show a clean pair of heels. As a result of which along with the worthy questers a huge number of unworthy souls forced their way inside the holy shrine of JUDE. So for the next two hours we used our energies for damage control. We had to sift the worthy from the unworthy which was not too hard compared to the earlier struggles. Infact it provided us with a lot of mirth and amusement. However the final verdict was to be laid out the great guardians of the holy shrine of JUDE. So finally our labours bore fruit, parthenocarpic mind you. Peace was restored and everyone was coaxed back to normalcy and it was ascertained that those seemingly dead were actually not but in a swoon.
Wait a minute this ending seems too bollywoodish actually we got fed up of this “peaceful” atmosphere in exactly 3and½ nanosecconds and we were back doing what we do best let chaos reign supreme, living life our way the JUDE way. Rock on.