in a theatre.
they all watch the movie….faces of people intently watch the movie…white reflections from their blue faces.
We stop at a woman looking, who seems to get bored of wat she sees, fidgets a little, shifts a little , settles again & immediately gets up & walks backward towards the door.
We watch her leave from the outside as we move in closer to see the theater screen & whats on it, but the door shuts on us with a resounding thud.
She goes to the bathroom, looks into the mirror, looks at herself, from different angles.
The corner toilet door opens, out walks a boy…startled she looks at him (not in the mirror)…
We stop at a woman looking, who seems to get bored of wat she sees, fidgets a little, shifts a little , settles again & immediately gets up & walks backward towards the door.
We watch her leave from the outside as we move in closer to see the theater screen & whats on it, but the door shuts on us with a resounding thud.
She goes to the bathroom, looks into the mirror, looks at herself, from different angles.
The corner toilet door opens, out walks a boy…startled she looks at him (not in the mirror)…
not a boy she notices…
the girl with boyish short hair, a range of minuscule rings on her earlobes, checked shirt & a checked countenance walks towards the mirrors & washes her hands. Our lady looks for a second longer as if to make sure, then leans onto the counter, again in thought. The boy-lady looks up at her reflection & says, “how much did u lose?...”
“im sorry..?”
“Doctors told us that I had lost 37% at birth & the effects of such a loss would make me lose at least 17% more…..that too over a span of 32 years…”
“what do u mean?”
“did they not tell you??...n if they didn’t… didn’t you figure it out yourself? Boy-lady says this, checking her tongue piercing in the mirror. At this our lady turns her body to face boy-lady, with one hand still on the counter.
“Were u a post mature baby?”
The lady looks at boy-lady intensely, trying to figure out something & slowly answers “yesss….but how’d u know?”
Boy-lady shrugs with a quick one sided jab of a smile & leaves.
“im sorry..?”
“Doctors told us that I had lost 37% at birth & the effects of such a loss would make me lose at least 17% more…..that too over a span of 32 years…”
“what do u mean?”
“did they not tell you??...n if they didn’t… didn’t you figure it out yourself? Boy-lady says this, checking her tongue piercing in the mirror. At this our lady turns her body to face boy-lady, with one hand still on the counter.
“Were u a post mature baby?”
The lady looks at boy-lady intensely, trying to figure out something & slowly answers “yesss….but how’d u know?”
Boy-lady shrugs with a quick one sided jab of a smile & leaves.
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