Something

Everybody is doing something;

Working, talking, staring, and sitting,

Sleeping, standing, and waiting

Peeing…

I am doing nothing

Just watching

In a boulevard depot

A minute bus stop

I, looking

Doing nothing.

Everybody is doing something;

Driving, climbing, jerking, and crying

Reading, writing,and playing

Peeing…

I am doing nothing

But my mind is occupied by all these something.

A minute watch

Catch a touch

Of wall painting

And wall washing.

Everybody is doing something;

Selling, buying, tweaking, and pulling

Some happy, some sad, and eating

Some angry, some disturbing

A minute: Three people peeing

Wall painting or wall washing!

I am doing nothing

But my mind is occupied by all these something

And still feels like I’m doing nothing.

Note: The poem describes a minute bus stop in one of the terminals in Bangalore metropolitan city. Indian peeing on the wall is the most prominent thing one could see anywhere in India – in front of the crowd. Very embarrassing!