The world is far more incestuous than we think it is. I get to know of her, through friends. Information which is... unsolicited most of the time, but gratefully accepted all of the time.
I saw her in the car park a few weeks ago, she and her partner were waiting for the valet to fetch the car. I waited awhile to see her. She is still terminally pretty, but there are no pretenses anymore - the world now knows how old she is, and she has a very strong hunch.
It's always the skin; young skin has an oneness of color. Age is like a time veneered artwork, evident in promise but compromised in vigor.
I looked at her; the stunning smile on a face which I knew had once been more beautiful. The poignancy I think lay in the realization of time and age - mine foremost. What my mirror routinely concealed - manifested itself in a dimly lit hotel car park.
I have always admired snakes, the way they shed their skin. Definitive departures and shiny new beginnings. Simple and almost evolutionary. We humans, make heavy weather of it – dry skin, scabs, warts, wrinkles and falling hair. Dross and decaying, dead habit almost.
On the way back home that evening, I pulled out of pigeon holes - all those hurriedly aggrandized memories. The caramelized laughter and the fiery piquant fights.
Stephen Stills, had once said in an interview to 'Rolling Stones' magazine - "There are three things men can do with women : love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature".
To you, I have done all three. Unfortunately, none too successfully.
Labels: Fiction, Moments and Memories
8 Comments:
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So finally you did turn her into 'literature'...atleast that way 'she' stays close to you !
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I'd say the literature was successful, but that's of course just my opinion.
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Honestly, I never knew Prasenjit could write so well. Well written. but literary?? I dont know. Hes gettin there.
I have an admiration for Bengalis (some of them) for two reasons:
1. their ability to speak good English.
2.their inclination to arts.
Good one, Prasenjit. And dont misconstrue that as an setarian remark. I was just making an observation.
regards,
ravi (from the small town near vellore:)) -
Rimi!!!
Thanks girl :-)
Yeah, I would count on the literature...myself!
Ravi!
Thanks dude. Glad you liked it.
Yes we bongs do self deludingly push the Renaissance Men image :-)
And the small town near Vellore - that would be Sholingur, wouldn't it?
See I remember.
Cheers!
Rohan -
"Age is like a time veneered art"
Aha!! how wonderfully you have described it Rohan. -
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"Stephen Stills, had once said in an interview to 'Rolling Stones' magazine - 'There are three things men can do with women : love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature'.
To you, I have done all three. Unfortunately, none too successfully."
good one... i think i have the first and the last... don't have patience and time for the second now! -
touching finish
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