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In an effort to forget the old home

In an effort to forget the old home
I have started keeping eyes open.
Afternoon naps have been four
Since I came here.
Last Thursday when our professor asked us to write
‘What does this city mean to you’
I wrote about how I took the wrong bus
That I missed seeing a letter -
405 and 405 A do not take you to same place.
That I was so sure of A being absent
I didn’t see its presence.
A group of boys on the bus
Described walls of Delhi Gate to their friends
(and to the not so crowded bus)
One said ‘Look at India Gate!’
We were passing by Lal Quila.
He immediately corrected himself.

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