Wondrous streets

I was going for a jog the other morning and I saw these bunch of street dogs barking away at a German Sheppard tagging along with its owner. They kept barking and edging towards it. Here I was getting all worked about the whole thing while the subject in question just did not seem to be perturbed at all.. Our world of boundaries and those that skip across!

The other day I was at the signal. There was this svelte woman walking with her back to me, swaying her long braid of hair to match her gait. Of course it was an Eunuch and she was doing it with purpose. For a minute I burst out laughing, a pathetic bid to ensnare! But then the more I looked the more I was drawn. To live off a body that did not qualify as one of the sexes and yet had the potential of both. Maybe she is more free than I can ever be.

We walked into our favorite haunt, my friend and I. Headed straight for our regular table. And there he was, an acquaintance of mine who had been eyeing her for a while now. He saw his chance, when we asked him why he frequented the place. He worked it out like a movie shot. Led her to his table and got us into a conversation on wine, what most women want and then, unceremoniously asked us to leave, promising another session later. So beautiful, this whole urge to muster up your courage and go for something you think is right, atleast for a while!

I was driving back home one night and my eyes chanced upon this frail old man gleefully smacking his lips. He was sitting outside his tiny hovel with his plate of rice and curry. Don't know why, I felt party to his joy of the most basic need of a being, plain hunger and its offering to satiate!

Then there was this balloon guy on the road, selling them in all shapes and sizes. He had this racous voice, imploring people to buy. If not for the lovely sight it proved for a child, it would be a miracle if he sold anything at all!

While the huge long snake crawls along with unending twists and turns, dips and climbs and miraculous finds, the traveller in me skips along, hungry for more. Eager to keep a score!