Zero - A Poem Exploring a Psycho-Social Dynamic
A typical (mostly Indian) real estate discussion involving an estimate of prices. Ever wondered what happens to those 'zeroes' that are often omitted from such discussions on price? Why do we "not seek what we hide but hide what we want to seek?" A tendency common, Two men stand before a board blue, A display of buildings big, Bearing promises of plantation-like gardens lush, Houses with bedrooms four, And the price? One speculates, "Easily, a 3." The other reads, "No, a 4.2!" "Too high a price, isn't it?" "Towers high and the prices too." "Back in the day, prices were down and the world brighter." "Yes! Oh Lord, a 30, a 50, but 80 not more!" A woman is seen at quite some distance, She stealthily tracks the number game in the guise of the morse. She walks up to ask, "I don't quite understand, who ate all the zeroes?" The men look with smiles amusing, One says, "My ego gulped the zero!...