Time Pass
I meticulously counted the number of waves; rising and
falling in the majestically undulating sea,
I sang occasionally with the birds; humming a myriad
of spell binding tunes,
I tore a sheet of lanky dilapidated paper; into
measly bits of orphaned fragments,
I nonchalantly kicked each stone that confronted me in
my way; hurling it high and handsome towards mystical
puffs of sky,
O! yes the overwhelming burden on my shoulders seemed
to be augmenting each minute; the hour incorrigibly
refrained to fly; and for me at the current moment
life was nothing but a big time pass…..
I shooed the birds sitting tranquilly on the
jaded rocks; chasing them till the point I wholesomely
collapsed in a bedraggled heap on cold ground,
I made boundless sandcastles in insurmountably
slippery sand; dismantling them as they gathered the
slightest of solid proportion,
I held my ear abysmally close to the hollow walls;
awaiting for the tiniest of sound that simply wasn’t
there,
I indefatigably kept chanting a silly tune; giving it
the pompously pretentious status of being the
astronomical best,
O! yes the overwhelming burden on my shoulders seemed
to be augmenting each minute; the hour incorrigibly
refrained to fly; and for me at the current moment
life was nothing but a big time pass…..

I voraciously rubbed my glasses till the time they
shone vivaciously bright; although they were already
sparkling more than the mid-day Sun,
I tied my handkerchief into unfathomable number of
folds; spent countless moments thereafter in
entangling the disdainful mess of my insane creation,
I washed my body vigorously all throughout the night;
evacuating the last bit of superficial dirt that just
wasn’t to be seen,
I flipped through pages of the bulky history book;
browsing through an unending labyrinth of dates; with
beads of exasperating sweat trickling feverishly down
my nape,
O! yes the overwhelming burden on my shoulders seemed
to be augmenting each minute; the hour incorrigibly
refrained to fly; and for me at the current moment
life was nothing but a big time pass…..
I yawned like a maniacally fanatic; although the bones
incarcerated in my body rared to surge forward with
spurts of exuberant enthusiasm,
I chewed slices of tangy gum for times immemorial;
evolving a cocoon of bubbles only to obnoxiously burst
them,
I incoherently scribbled gargantuan tons of literature
on barren paper; expending Herculean loads of my lazy
frustration on my tiny little fountain pen,
I relentlessly kept tapping my nimble feet; scowling
in inexplicable disdain at whomsoever who encountered
me in my way.
O! yes the overwhelming burden on my shoulders seemed
to be augmenting each minute; the hour incorrigibly
refrained to fly; and for me at the current moment
life was nothing but a big time pass…..

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