Sunday, September 20, 2009

great expectations

expectations.
what color are they? the grey of a pregnant cloud?
or the yellow-green of bile rising in your throat?
in what shapes and sizes do they come?
big round encompassing circles?
pointy skinny triangles that poke, no matter any which way you turn them?
how do they look like?
knitted eyebrows? wringing hands?
sheepish grins? sneering lopsided grins?
i would like to meet one of them.
look them in the eye.
and then walk away.
whistling my own tune.
down my own way.

7 comments:

Shivani Gakhar said...

oooo very cool!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@shiv: merci beaucoup mademoiselle :)

Aarti Badamikar said...

soooper che!!

H.S. said...

Oh, I always thought they looked like one of those Onida devils ! ;)

Morgan said...

You know i had a very interesting discussion with my roomie today...had a similar one with u...anyone and everyone just want something and they do what it takes to get them...these are the expectations i spose of life...its upto others to interpret em...the actions i mean...the motive is never known...only percieved

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@aarti : thank you che :)

@hems : yeah thats their public persona..for the tv, storybooks, nightmares and stuff. m sure that inside they are all circles, triangles or spirals...:D :p

@morgan : hmm...so true abt the perceived motive thing...for that matter everything we know is all perception and maybe not the truth..

Sidd said...

Loved every post in this blog! Great work.. Keep going!