Saturday, November 22, 2025

Existence trail

 

You have to prove you lived

Here long enough to show
You are not from across the border.
How do we know this is your wife?
She is, unfortunately, for the last 70 years.
We didn't take any in those days for fear
Of shortening life and she didn't complete Schooling to secure a leaving certificate.
She doesn't have a birth document too.
Why don't you speak to me in Hindi?
This is my place and I speak my language.
Oh, then come tomorrow with someone
Who speaks mine if you want this done.





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