It started out innocently. A chat over a cup of tea. Talking about this and that. A bit of teasing each other. As ever, the topic moved to bitching about work. The usual topics. Nothing unusual; "Can you believe what she said?" and "That fellow had the nerve to assume it". Nothing unusual. At that point, he mentioned something that seemed to him the core of the issue. The women had objection to the statement. They debated or argued or threw statement back and forth or whatever it is the right thing to be said for argument these days. He fought hard, throwing everything he had at them. But the opposition was too strong. The two pronged attack was not easy to handle. He continued the valiant fight as the scene of battle moved to the car. The fourth person in the group remained silent for long.
He continued arguing with the two ladies who smothered him with statements on passion and dedication. The oft-abused words got on his nerves and he doubled the strength of his attack. That's when the attack from the side came. The fourth fellow, who was silent so far, came up with some more words on passion. He turned and gave the fourth fellow an incredulous look. Julius Caeser would regretted not having that expression when Brutus stuck the knife into him. The ladies were overjoyed and vaah-vaahed the knife that was surreptitiously stuck in from the side. He did not give up but tried to fight on. It was a valiant fight but he like Duryodhana was not on the side of right. He painted a negative picture and the one who paints such pictures can never win or even be allowed to exist. He got out his mobile phone, called someone and talked for a minutes into the phone. By then, the car had reached its destination. He muttered a "Goodbye", opened the door and jumped out of the car in a single fluid motion.
Not worth giving up one's life
Over words like passion and dedication
Free from words should be our life
Focusing on living should be the only condition
Damn the world where words create strife
Damn the living which considers propagation of words as its mission
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