The sun rays travelled
from the window to her face
but nothing moved her closed eyes
or her body
not even his shudderings.
She wasnt answerable to him now
because her citizenship was granted
by the world of senselessness
Her loss, was less; his fame, was more
a matter of concern.
Auden's 'Unknown Citizen' was he.
Not a begetter of stories
till yesterday.
From today
the neighbours, the kinsmen and others
will be the news channels
contesting to be the first one
to report
and investigate the mystery underneath.
The flowchart functioning in his brain
was this.

Husain died in exile
and so did she
Though at her home, away from his heart.
The 'Happily Married' tag
expired within months of its issue
yet they carried it along
well aware of its inautheticity,
as a substitution
would have invited tales
and decreased the status quotient.
Watching from somewhere, up there
she was reflecting
on everything she had left behind
and thinking
only if, to him
the world that bothers
was not beyond her now closed eyes,
the 'Happily Married' tag
would have passed all the quality checks
and they would also have
'lived happily ever after'.