"Father returning home"

"silent commuters in the yellow light"

"Black raincoat stained with mud"

"Like a word dropped from a
long sentence"

"Grey platform"

"weak tea", "stale chapati"

"Man's estrangement from a man-made world"

"cold water running over his
brown hands"

"A few droplets cling"

"now go to sleep listening to the static on the radio"

"dreaming of his ancestors and grandchildren"

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