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I looked Pretty.



She was playing with his shirt buttons. In the metro, they stood face to face. Though, her head swung down often as she talked and smiled and blushed. The metro was crowded. But for her, it was just him. You could tell it from her eyes.

You could see her eyes twinkling as she looked at him. She was beautiful, wore a salwar-kameez, hair tightly tied up. Her fingers brushing his’. In between, she slid two of her fingers in his breast pocket and giggled. She had a baby laughter, pleasant to my ears. She seemed so much in love, so content.

Her man. Where was he? Yes, in front of her. Where were his eyes? Where were his eyes?


I regret looking pretty that day.







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  1. Unknown27 April 2014 at 10:05

    Eeep. Yes, you were :D What an asshole, though. Well written.

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  2. Unknown9 May 2014 at 10:21

    Concise, precise, apt, crisp! (I think adjectives will fall short) In short, awesome
    I was just going through your writings, practical enough for one to relate and resilient enough to dictate. Nice work! :)

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  3. I Express19 May 2014 at 15:39

    Well, I am grateful. :)
    Glad you like what I write and I hope my further writings (too) would be worthy of those adjectives!
    I have a long way to go,you see.
    Thank you so much.

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