I remember the time when
my favourite word
used to be ‘destiny‘
like the backdrop of that song
that has Saif strumming
‘dil ko tumse pyaar hua’.
(Don’t you see the irony?)
I do.
and so
with a heavy heart,
(no really, it is quite heavy)
I have decided to
shut up shop.
Now, just before another New Year begins,
like Kathleen Kelly from You’ve Got Mail,
my fingertips hesitate
before turning over the frayed ivory placard that declares
‘SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED’
in a cursive that doesn’t seem sorry at all.
(Closing for good?)
Before I leave though,
there are discounts!
If BUY ONE heartache and GET ONE FREE doesn’t excite you,
We have-
25% OFF! on Doomed Kisses.
40% OFF! on Better Tomorrows
and oo la la!
A whooping 85% OFF on
This Is When They Notice.
Take what you want.
(Won’t you?)
Or not.
I must shut up shop
and drop the charade.
(For good?)
Nobody will miss it.
(Will they?)
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