GOING TO MISS YOU HYDERABAD

By Dr Agha Inamullah Khan

3rd June 2013

Driving in rain splashing on flooded roads

Bunking classes, heading uptown

Gidu chowk to Gymkhana

Prem Park to Cannt Thana

Tilak incline to Heerabad

Hill top to Latifabad

Pretty girls, following them till their homes

Cycling against the wind

Singing Bob Seger

Kiddish fights over Frisbee

Farooq Bhai's Musicabin

Saving money buying new music collection  

Odeon, Chandni, New Majestic,

Koh e Noor,Rahat, venus, Capri

Billboards from Basant Hall to Bombay Bakery                                                           

Renting out romantic movies

Crying out to tears, coughing

On cheap cigarettes smoked, hysterical, laughing

Endless love, Dead Poet's Society

Prem park spark, lost love, what a pity!

My beautiful Public School days

Hanging out with friends

Breaking school rules

Beads around neck, friendship bands

Haider khan, Farooq, Ali, Ayaz

Asif, Kazim, villayat, Ejaz

Sohrab, Sadaqat,Zaheer,Altaf

Amjad, Wasee,Iqbal, Nadeem

Jamal,Nasir,Aamir,Saleem & Aleem

Rocking out to sweat on Meatloaf & Metalica

Hanging out with Nadeem on video games at Battlestar Galactica

Burhani Center, flat #602

Poetry, Ayaz, Johnny Walker

Saroop Bhatia stroking strings on his acoustic guitar

Sobbing, wishing under shooting star

St. Mary's School & Nazareth College

Pretending reading, actually a blank page

At threshold of Universal Book Shop

Until they walked out to reach their Suzuki stop

Mr Video, Rajo Photostat

Sneaking in Zain Super Store

Waiting for my blind date

Shahid Bhatti's white Toyota Corolla

Zain,Waheed,Shohab,Kamran Malana

New CD player, loud rock, ice cream floats

Bryan Adams, Prince, Daryl Hall & John Oates

Thelay wala Baba's ice cream, Shabir Briyani

A K sons & United Bakery

Convey Karahi at Latifabad

Public School Gate Bun Kababs

Small theft thrills with friends

Fighting other's wars

Swimming in summers at Fataz

Gymkhana evenings

Tambola, Tennis & Squash

Paka Qilla Kachories

And Bhagsarwala's Spaghettis

Kachello mangoes & Falsa with masala

Garma Garam Olay

Shaker Kandi, Gol Gapay

Marjeena's coffee

Waari Cholay Chat

Ali Baba's flying saucer

Pala fish at Al Manzar

Naz Tehrani's Floaters

Shahid Bhatti's Off Beats

Singing along Richard Marks

Driving late at night, haunting streets

Liaqat Medical College beautiful days

Boycotts, bus stop delightful stares

Kamran,Sabina

Bina, Tahir

Mona,Nousheen,Nadeem, Inam

Farheen,Farid,Nazir,Ameen, Nafees haider

Mujahid Erum Khan

Fouzia,Sameera,Tasneem,Seema

Yasmin,Coco, Ruby,Farheen Khan

Sub-stage studies, dissecting bodies

Soomro's canteen, burnt tea, rotten petties 

Baseball, Student Union rallies

Book fares,

Library stares.

Valentine parties

New Year nights

Cricket on Sadar streets

Mom's steam cooked Pala fish

Auntie Val's stew & Yorkshire puddings

Noru's naughtiness

Ismail Qabristani's jokes

Energy's hopless Faluda

Jam e Masjid Sadar Fridays

And Cantonment Eid prayers

I am going to miss all of that

And much much more

Counting rest of my sunsets

Staring at glittering sand walking along Kolachi shore.