Jupiter

He stares at the

billion numbers inscribed

on a graffiti wall

and counts the

tiny seahorses

sketched to the left

 

He remembers his

childhood when

all left was nothing

but white crayons

inside the pockets

of his handbag

 

Those bullies tried

to put worms

on his head

but the teacher

saw them before

they attempted

 

He never went back

to those memories again

but visited their graves

who died at 9/11 bombing

 

He cried at nights

but never to his wife

who defiled their

bed with adultery

 

He is not aware

that she bore

their second child

from another man

 

The neighbors know

but he doesn’t

and they shake their

heads as the child

calls him “Daddy!”

 

He is my colleague

but he never smiles

until one day

he told me

facts that I

need to know

 

 

2012

 

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