KARACHI I KNEW. THE END OF TIMES
Dr Agha Inamullah Khan
14th
August 2013
Seagulls
fluttering
Singing
in chorus
Their
typical hunt songs
At
fish harbor
Transporting people and goods
Trams and Horse carriages
From Keya Mari to Guru Mender
Women elegantly dressed in Gujarat style saris
Deep Square cut neck blouses, short sleeved
Belly buttons winking through see through chiffon
Short Banaras silk or Organza shirts
Raw silk bottoms
Double Georges Dopata (Head Scarfs)
Colorful Glass bangles
Medium heeled Metro slippers
Glittering smart purses
Jasmine Garlands
Hair curling down cheeks
Snake turns
Grammatically well-spoken
Sub-Continental English
Lakhnow & Hyderabad Dakhani dialect
Well mannered Urdu Aristocratic littera word salad
Softly pronounced with humble gaze
Insha ji
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Slow soothing sitar tunes
Pumping rhythmic air through
Melodeon & Harmonium reeds
Fareeda Khanum
Mehdi Hassan
Amanat Ali
Madam Noor Jehan
Fareeda Khanam
Sports delight
Squash, Hockey and Cricket champions
Jehangir Khan, Islahudin and Imran Khan
The well to do local men
Hovering about Elphinstone street
Travelers stayed
At Jay bees
Or Metro pole hotels
Moosa Ji's
Cheap john
Hunting double blazers
Colorful KT shirts
White cambric for shalwar
Gold chains around neck
Rado
white dialed roman lettered citizens
Gold plated cuff links
EBH shoes
Jafferji's wallets
Driving second hand Reconditioned
Chevrolets
Mustangs
Oldsmobile's
On wider roads
Few traffic signals
But respect for traffic laws
Clarion & Pioneer Stereo Cassette players
Lata mangeshkar
Aja sanam madhur chandni mein hum
Mukesh Kumar
Dil jalta hy tu jalnay dy ansoun na baha
Baloch ice cream in Saddar
Tariq road for 'Shezan surprise'
Dinning in cars outside Bundoo Khan's Bar B Que
In December, Rehri wala's chicken stew
Fish and chips at Tariq road
Moojibs burger and club sandwiches, the favorite fast food
Dodging cars
Drive in Cinema
Play land
Just before incline that troughs at Abdullah Shah Ghazi's Mazar
Hotels & Nightclubs
Intercontinental & Gourmet @ Palace Hotel
Gymkhana
Scotch, Rum & Wine cooler
Shimering glitter under mouse race spot light
Erotic belly dancers
A Sunday out at Hawk's bay
Walk over a cliff
Tunneled through with ocean tides
Chiseled hole
Like a wedding ring
Childhood plutonic friendship footprints on wet sand
Squashing Sea shells
Making promises
Tying friendship bends
Same old sun
Drowns each dusk
But now in angry ocean
I still see life
But no passion
Lust for power and Greed
Has tertiaries
Deep rooted
In our hearts
Soul has digitalized its demands
Unmet with body, mind and brain
Money pours everywhere though
Latest gadgets
Beautiful houses
Brand new cars
Mobile phones
Google glasses
LCDs & LEDs
Micro wave ovens
Internet Cafes
Branded clothes
Branded shoes
Branded watches
Branded perfumes
All has changed and
Corrupted
Except for my outdated heart
And the same old sunshine
Breaking
From my bedroom window.
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