Fathers Day Gift Shopping for Fathers Ghost Its fathers day father and I am at the mall all around me the mall is pouring its heart heart out for fathers day. I remember your hand spun hand woven khadi dhotis their memory embarrasses me and the mannequin that showcases the beautiful blazer and trouser outfit is relentless in his offering. The Italian shoes would not survive your size fourteen feet father and your ability to walk from sunrise to sunset so I hurry past. Theres a window display of fine scotch for the man who never drank more than a tablespoonful of brandy in milk for one lung lost the british empire. The silver keychain on special offer would never have done for the man who never locked anything in his life because he spent 6 years in prisons across the land as a young had core freedom fighter. Father I see the pens and the stationery for the man who covered every inch of paper with his fine prisoners penmanship a lovely legible script in a tiny perfectly legible handwriting, the chocolates for man who loved Gur containing aniseed and coconut, of course the special 6 course lunch deal would never do for the man whose favourite food was khitchedi so I save my money and walk past all the fathers day offerings of the giant mall. There is nothing in the mall that would do for you for your tall strapping tough freedom fighters body hardened by doing hard time in very hard times. Your frugal nature your simplicity your ethics your values and your righteous indignation and your crusading alone for lost causes these all place you beyond the reach of Fathers day gifts and because you have little memorabilia your memory is blurring around the edges of your face. You are becoming a hologram in my head father an ephemeral thing that defies gifting for you were the perennial giver even your memory is uncool in these days I take your ghosts hand father and walk to the tea shop and order two cups of Darjeeling tea your one indulgence and sitting alone with your throat aching memory I drink and drain both cups to dissolve the lump in the throat and your ghost leaves me alone
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:53:52 +0000
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