My first 55 word story – Tunnel Vision



You might have come across those 55 word stories.

A couple of days back, I was waiting for my flight at Kuwait International airport. There was an old man sitting next to me and he did something that inspired this 55 word story. Although actual chain of events was slightly different but the gist is the same. 

So here is my first creation ...
---------------------
Tunnel Vision

An old man painfully hobbled to the dustbin that was 25 meters from his seat in the airport lobby. I wondered at his persistence and my eyes moved to his seat which still held his luggage, phone and the book he was reading. And then I noticed something right behind his seat ... a dustbin.
 

Comments

  1. RekhaTue Jan 28, 10:20:00 AM

    Oh oh...poor thing walked up all the way. But you must give it to him for his persistence. He didn't choose to throw it somewhere around unlike many others. Good one for a first-timer.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Coach Hemant JainTue Jan 28, 01:02:00 PM

    @Rekha ...

    I very much appreciate the man's effort to reach out to a distant dustbin. When he was returning to his seat, our eyes met and i pointed to the dustbin near our seat. he looked at it and we both smiled. It was a very warm and friendly smile filled with amusement. A smile which refreshes you when you are bored during a lonely travel. Thats when i decided to write about it and when i finished the paragraph, decided to put it in 55 words !!!

    Thanks for your comment and appreciation.

    Have a good day

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mumbai Local - First Class v/s Second Class

Image
    It is an old joke that the difference in the first class and second class of the Mumbai local trains is that people in first class use deodorants and hence you are exempted from the smelly underarms while travelling. The mute point being; both class of travel experience a passenger overload during the peak hours and you are almost equally squeezed and pushed around in both. Of course, the seats in First Class are cushioned (unlike the hard seats of second class) but then that would make a difference only if you get to sit (which would be a likely probability only if you get into the train from the station it originates). My father holds a first class pass from Churchgate to Andheri (since past 7 years, ever since we moved to Andheri). He often travels by Second class in the evening. Strange, isn't it? This is why he does it … In the First class, there is an unwritten rule that on the seat, only the designated number of people (which is 3) will sit. No sq...
Read more

Tongue Twister - V for Vendetta

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V for Vendetta
Read more