"Expired. A word used for
library cards, for magazine subscriptions."
-- Ashima, from The Namesake
the world goes on
life proceeds
why?
we die. we expire, folks.
can't you understand?
sweet Ashima's husband
the dull and extraordinary Ashoke
Ganguli
has passed on, in a hospital
in CLEVELAND of all places
stop making your Frappuccino’s
stop dancing to that inane music
stop! stop the world!
we will all someday
know what this life was
what it truly meant
in retrospect
oh, how we will weep
for what we will have lost
what we never gave its due
what we sped through pick-up windows
to gloss over, to rush toward its
end
this precious existence
as plain as the gift of Earth’s support
under our feet
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