Last Saturday for me and my friend, was a working Day,
It was hot Chennai afternoon, though it wasn’t May.
We got out of the cab, profusely Sweating
and rushed to our cubicle, literally Cursing.
As we tested the application tirelessly, in that room filled with hot Air,
My friend said,” Let’s get out of here and have lunch, this is very Unfair”
We forced the tasteless Saturday food down our Throats.
I asked my friend, “Do we look like Goats?”
We got out of cafeteria to be greeted by angry hot Sun
A few meters away, on the compound we saw a bird, dead One.
We passed by, but I couldn’t get it out of my Mind.
I said,” C’mon we can’t be this Blind.”
So we went to pantry and got a paper Cup.
I carefully lifted the bird and placed it in, with its Head up.
We walked around the smoking zone, looking for a shady, marshy Land.
So that we could burry this lifeless, small and light bird with our Hand.
My friend dug up a hole and I looked around the unusually, silent Place.
I wondered, if someone dear to bird was watching us with a vivid Gaze.
We buried the bird and placed a Flower.
“May your soul rest in peace and your loved ones would miss you Forever.”
As we sat back on our seats, I wondered what could have killed that bird this Neat?
Was it a suicide, the heat or the intrusion of the human Beast?
Whatever the reason was, I said
“We were destined to bury a Bird.
This Saturday in office was therefore more than just test case’s in excel and Word.”
-------- RAJ
