THE LAST STOP BEFORE WE MEET THE END

“I think I will have to light it.”

“What? Are you nuts Sergeant? Are you out of your freaking nuts?”

“No sir. Affirmative sir.”

“Are you positive?”

“Sir, yes sir.”

“ Good luck! And keep the others moving.”

AND CUT……………                                           [1:45 pm]

……………AND ACTION!                                  [4:44 pm]

“How far is it from here?”

“About 120 miles My Lord! And we call it the ‘End’”.

“The End. Really?”

“I cannot lie, My Master. I will evaporate the moment I do that. You know that too, master.”

“Captain. That’s it for the day. Order the men to put their tents here for the night. We will march forward at the break of the dawn.”

“I am sorry to interrupt you, Sire, but this jungle is full of man-eaters, vampires and all the other evil forces you can think off. This jungle belongs to the devil himself.”

“So what do you want me to do, Captain? WHAT? To continue our pursuit  with these tired men, who have no idea of what they are looking for? Oh! Common. Just look at them. They might follow all my orders till their last breath, any if remaining. But, just look at their dried faces, their dull eyes and their grown up beards. Just tell me, that.

It is final. We will continue at the first light tomorrow morning. But for now, we rest.”

AND CUT……………                                           [1:45 am]

ANKUR SAXENA

THE DELIVERY.

“Yeah...may I repeat your order please?”

“REPEAT??? Are you freakin’ kiddin’ me? It took me an hour and three-quarters to decide, get and place the order, are you gonna repeat that too, man?”

“One minute sir. Will be right back.”

“One minute?”

“That’s positive sir. One minute it is. Sir.”

PIP         PIP         POOOOOOP . . . . . . . .          [4:59 pm]

PIP         PIP         WOOOOOS . . . . . . . . .          [5:00 pm]

“Yeah. That too, sir.”

“Ah! You are finally, finally  here. Good God. But you’na in digital times you really can’t make out if it was a few seconds short or maybe more. Ha! Ha! Ha! Sorry fella.”.

“Hmm…yeah! I know. But you know you always have that beautiful silver Quartz that’s dangling in your left wrist Max……”

BEEEP... BEEP… BEEP… BEEP.                                  < phone disconnects >

TING! TONG!... TING! TONG!                                     < doorbell rings >

BANG! CLUCK……TOOOO…OOOFFF!                    < door slams open >

“THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I REPEATE THIS IS NOT A DRILL! YOU HAVE DIRECT ORDERS TO SHOOT AT SIGHT. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU!”.

“Son of a bitch! They are here. It was a setup.”

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1………

THE END.

IN THE NEWSPAPERS. THE NEXT DAY.

THE WHISPERINGS: date: 11^th July, 2112. “After an hour long bloody battle between the marijuana mafia, Max Love and Co. and the special forces, the mafia and his men well killed in a secret mission to ensure insure smooth and even import and export of the cannabis in and out of the country, without and monopoly or added toll.”

From: THE END OF DRUG DOMESTIC. WELCOME DRUG-WILD.

ANKUR SAXENA

The Fate.

“Excuse me, what?”

“I said, I have been living on and off Miss Weed, lately.”

“What did you say your name was, again?”

But why are you so interested in my name, Mr. Brew Fortford?”, I said with an inside grin waiting to burst out of my throat. I knew exactly what was going inside the head of a man who would decide between me, and the gallows.

“What!!?? How does he know my name? HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAAMMM..EEE…?”

“There is your name My Highness Chief Judge of the county, right in front of you. There. I hope they have spelled you all right?”

And the courtroom burst with uproars of some thunderous applauds.

ANKUR SAXENA

I will forget you. . .

I can't forget you, no matter happens what,

You are my life, my soul, mu thought,

My feelings for you now, can't be expressed in words,

You are the only one for me in many, many worlds.

Those handful of days we spent together,

Just swimming and drowning in the eyes of one another,

The jingle of your voice and your lovely smiles,

And those hand-in-hand walks, along the sea-shore for miles.

That meet of ours at the Sunset Point,

And that moment when our lips first joined,

No more now, were we two separate souls,

Everything in common except the body as whole.

Then 'he' came like an evil curse between you and me,

All I could do was weep and see,

He shattered my world as he took you away from me,

And all that I could do was just howl and see.

You never even looked back to see what my state was,

For days like a madman, I shed tears without a pause,

My life was doomed and I was nobody,

No one to share my sorrows with, no friend no buddy.

Was there something missing in my love for you?

I was thunder-stuck, as I had no clue,

Unlucky ones like me are really very few,

No matter happens what now- 'I will forget you'.

... and so the infatuation ends ...

(Originally written on March 23, 2002)

Ankur Saxena.

7 Things by Hannah Montana

I probably shouldn't say this
But at times I get so scared
When I think about the previous
Relationship we shared

It was awesome but we lost it
It's not possible for me not to care
And now we're standing in the rain
But nothing's ever gonna change
Until you hear, my dear

The 7 things I hate about you!
The 7 things I hate about you, oh you
You're vain, your games, you're insecure
You love me, you like her
You make me laugh, you make me cry
I don't know which side to buy

Your friends, they're jerks
When you act like them, just know it hurts
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do
You make me love you

It's awkward and silent
As I wait for you to say
What I need to hear now
Your sincere apology

When you mean it, I'll believe it
If you text it, I'll delete it
Let's be clear
Oh, I'm not coming back
You're taking 7 steps here

The 7 things I hate about you!
You're vain, your games, you're insecure
You love me, you like her
You make me laugh, you make me cry
I don't know which side to buy

Your friends, they're jerks
When you act like them, just know it hurts
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do
You make me love you

And compared to all the great things
That would take too long to write
I probably should mention the 7 that I like

The 7 things I like about you!
Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's
When we kiss I'm hypnotized
You make me laugh, you make me cry
But I guess that's both I'll have to buy

Your hands in mine
When we're intertwined, everything's alright
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I like most that you do
You make me love you, you do

I WILL SURVIVE

Banao Banao ...... right now