Dreams: Sequence 02

‘ALL I HAVE TO DO... IS JUST GO BACK TO SLEEP...’

1. Ding! Dong! – the doorbell rings

Ummh! I opened my eyes, looked at my cell phone – 8am, Sunday, November 19. It’s the maid; she usually goes after ringing the bell thrice and it is Sunday anyway... all I have to do... is just go back to sleep.

But the sink – full of dirty dishes from yesterday’s dinner.
The living room – wood shavings and cardboard boxes from the AC repairs.
And clothes – I’ve run out of clean undies...

2. Ding! Dong!

Slipping into my tee I flung the sheet and rushed, passing the stale food smell in the kitchen and walking through the dirty living room floor

3. Ding! Dong!

I turned the knob... She’s left already… like always. A bundle of newspapers were all that is left at the doorstep.

A quick cup of coffee – hot water + a sachet of Nescafe’s 3-in-1
Music – iMac > Itunes > Recent play list > John Lennon > Imagine...

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try, no hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

First sip: Front page – World Leaders meet for global peace and harmony; Consensus on ban on nuclear weapons; Peace talks between Israel and Palestine initiated…

Second sip: Second page – Breakthrough development in AIDS vaccine; African child cured after going through a month long treatment; Wonder AIDS vaccine to be made available worldwide...

Third sip: Third page – Discovery report claims the rise of population of many endangered species in major parts of the world; World Wildlife Fund activist gets Nobel Prize; Migratory birds return to the gulf...

Fourth sip: Fourth page – String theory finally tested realizing Einstein’s dream; the theory of everything to reveal the mysteries of the universe; Traces of early life form found in Mars...

Fifth sip: Fifth page – International Year of Conservation announced; scientists successfully tested non-polluting energy source; Global warming reduced alarmingly...

Ding! Dong!

I turned the knob once again… ‘Hey! Dude, see what I’ve got’. Waving the movie tickets Karan walks in. ‘Casino Royale, 9.30 show’, ‘Not bad, want some coffee?’’ No I just had, let me check my mail’ he heads towards my iMac which is in the middle of the John Lennon classic.

... Imagine all people living live in peace

‘Did you read the papers today’, ‘Yeah man, unbelievable – finally I am beginning to believe that Nostradamus was wrong about the doomsday’ Karan replied opening his Gmail account.

Triiiiinnnng! Triiinnng!

The intercom telephone rings. ‘Hello’, ‘Saheb aapke liye letter he’('Sir you have a letter') It’s Ramu Bhai, the gatekeeper. ‘Hey Karan, I am back in a minute, just lock the door’, ‘Cool’ Karan replied, his eyes still glued on to the monitor.

I closed the lift door pressed “G” button of the lift and it went 3… 2… 1… G… I opened the metal grill door of the lift. Ramu bhai who was waiting hands me a white envelop with a grin, I smiled back ‘thank you’. Closing lift door I opened the white envelop to find a letter that reads ‘for your dreams to come true, you have to wake up’ and the lift stops at the third floor. Tucking the letter in my pocket I pushed the doorbell...

Ding! Dong!

Ummh! I opened my eyes, looked at my cell phone – 8am, Sunday, November 19. It’s the maid; she usually goes after ringing the bell thrice and it is Sunday anyway… all I have to do...

...is go back to sleep

Ding! Dong!