The outdoors

No, indeed, he tells me, he won't do it.
Won't let the rain spoil his noonday sortie
into a dust covered battlefield; won't allow the
grumbling offensive oatmeal to fester
anymore.

I, doubtful. Ask him -- how sir, will you recover,
when you are as you are, a cold man, alone in artificial
light, in the intentional dusk of apartment interiors,
amongst broken chairs and ashen walls?

Sir (he tells me), you are mistaken. We
are not slaves to our contrivances
Our feet are not tied to the lint-
fingered sensations of interior
carpeting.

No! We have our bicycles,
our windows are blinded, but at least
they exist.
Our palms can barely keep down
our swaying
disconsolate
hair.

A brief explanation

I find myself unable nowadays to abandon a certain style of writing. Features of this style include long sentences, a profusion of punctuation, and overall semantical heaviness. There is also the vocabulary, which tends to be inclusive and attempts to achieve specificity at the expense of comprehensibility. I am aware that the adoption of such a style leads to the (undesirable) effect of alienating the average reader -- people are chary of verbosity, and usually ascribe to its purveyor an inventory of undesirable characteristics, including weak-mindedness, conceit, and (worst of all) untruthfulness. Their contention is that 'no one' thinks 'like that', that inaccessible forms of expression are to be viewed with suspicion. On the whole I agree with them -- timidity of thought and expression possesses no surer indicator than the gratuitous display of verbal might. Having said that,however, I plead innocence to all charges of such timidity. It is not because I have little to say that I use so many words to say it.

But such literal pleas are not evidentiary, and so I have decided for the time being to cease my flow of opinion. Posts on my blog following this one will be written in the style of 'someone else'; this third person will have a 'voice' that does not resemble mine in any aspect. Such posts will force me to inhabit -- if for a short period of time -- this third person, and therefore force me to channel his means of expression. This should at the very least enable me to divest myself of all stylistic responsibility and redirect it to the 'voice'. I also expect it to bring to the fore my latent flair for mimicry.

I cannot think of an appropriate way to end this post; it is after all supposed to represent a new beginning. I can, however, insert a literary reference that is completely out of context --

You madam, are the eternal humorist,
The eternal enemy of the absolute.
Giving our vagrant moods the slightest twist!
With your air indifferent and imperious
At a stroke our mad poetics to confute --
And -- "Are we then so serious?"

Perhaps not completely out of context.

By all means

Sir,

The second Buddha is done. I will be shipping it today via DHL.

Regards,

satya


Satya,

Please do so. Tell me the tracking no too

--bc

Sir,

The tracking number is: 2310495012935392

It has been mailed on 21st July, 2007.

regards,
satya

Satya,

Thanks, I will be waiting for it/

--bc

Satya,

I havent recvd the package yet. When will it come?

---bc

Sir,

The tracking online says that it is in Tempe, Arizona. It will be reaching you by tomorrow at the latest.

You can also track the package yourself by going to dhl.com, selecting US from the drop-down list, and copy-pasting the tracking number.

regards,
satya

Satya,

What is the tracking number?

--bc

Sir,

The tracking number is : 2310495012935392

Regards,
satya

Satya,

I havent recvd the package yet? How do I see where it is??

--bc

Sir,

Please click on www.dhlk.com. From there select USA from the drop down list, and at the page enter the tracking number (2310495012935392) at the text-box positioned in the middle-left section of the screen, the one that says 'Track It'.
regards,
satya


Satya,

I clicked on it. The website has fast exercises. theres no drop down box.

--bc

Sir,

There was a typo. Please click on

http://www.dhl-usa.com/home/home.asp

and directly enter the tracking number in the Track It text-box.

Regards,

satya

Sataya,

I entered the tracking no. It says that the tracking no does not exist. wheres it????

--bc

Sir,

Are you sure you entered the correct tracking number? It is 2310495012935392, and you can copy-paste it instead of entering it directly.

regards,
satya

Satya,

plz dont beat around the bush. tell me where it is instead of all this tracking no and all this.

--bc

Sir,

Here is a snapshot of the status of your package --

7/24/2007 10:20 am	Arrived at DHL facility.			Houston, TX
7:47 am	In transit			San Angelo, TX
7/23/2007 1:30 am	Depart Facility			Tempe, AZ
12:01 am	Processed at DHL Location.			Tempe, AZ
7/22/2007 10:40 pm	In transit.			Tempe, AZ
10:26 am	In transit.			Hesperia, CA
7/21/2007 5:36 pm	Arrived at DHL facility.
1:21 pm	With delivery courier			Dublin, CA

It is already in Houston and should take only a couple more hours to deliver it to your house.

satya

Satya,

i hope so.

--bc

Satya,

can you give me dhls phone number?

--bc

Sir,

Call --

1800-CALL-DHL.

satya

Satya,

I called the no. its voice operated and doesnt understand me.

--cb

Sir,

I respectfully tender my resignation effective immediately. It has been a great pleasure to work with you.

Regards,
Satya

B.R.A.

As I suspected.

C.T.

No, you cannot have it.

y????

I can't deliver it to you at such

k if u like me..

short notice.

u wil send it

Listen Nhea

*Neha

I'm tired of your constant jabbering okay? I'm also a human being you know?

im also human being

hws that related to nything

u never send me nything u write

maybe u dont write...

Don't be silly Neha

maybe yu sit in fronto f yur comp n tell ur frens

look, I'm not going to get dragged into this ok?

tat u write...

ur just a fraud....

don't say that Neha

from since wen we met yu wr teling me abt hw ull send me ur book....

i haven seen even the first chap.....

Its art, Neha! Art can't be rushed you kow

*It's

*know

don call me a cow!!!!!

nyway its spelled cow not kow...

i meant 'know', Neha, not kow

u shud no that...

ur the author

don even no the speling of cow

Ok, look, Im really sorry. I've been wanting to send you this stuff for a long time, it's just that I've been procrastinating

procrastination is the theif of time....

u shud no that author.....

ok tell you what i'll send you the first chaptre now

*chapter

finaly! hw long it took to make u uderstand....

otherwise hwre u

*how're

m fine. ll be better wen u send me the book.....

dont start that again Neha

im sending u first chapter no?

*know

*no

where i don see it......

ok done! check ur email.

*your

i hv my email open i don see it

wait

k here it is

Chapter 1: In which we discuss the health of Mrs. Singh

wai tim reading it

dont read it now! lets talk

.

no i want to read it..

look neah dont read it now

I want tot alk to u

*talk

*Neha

its been so long since weve spken

*spoken

Neha

why you not saying anything

wait im reading

neha come on

this is grt

ur real good writer u no

Wow.......

you hv wesome sentences

thanks

but ur mind is very dirty

Neha. Can we talk now?

wait cant u see m reading

ok tell you what

why dont u read the book n tell me hw u liked it

*how

and thenw eel talk

next year someitme

*somtiem

*sometime

*we'll


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