An old friend of mine was with me in my kitchen when
Amazon’s delivery man rang to know the location of my residence. He was the
same person who delivered all my cat food subscriptions regularly. “The
location shown is confusing,” he explained. “I haven’t ordered anything,” I
said having checked my profile on Amazon.
He delivered the pack promptly enough
and I was curious to see what it was. X, my friend, was in the kitchen cooking
the prawns he had brought all the way from Kochi, his own city which reeks of seafoods
naturally.
“Dark Fantasy,” he mused when he saw
the content of the package. Someone had sent me a box of Dark Fantasy
cookies.
I’m sure there isn’t any person on
earth who keeps dark fantasies about me in their (her, as alleged by X)
conscious/subconscious/unconscious mind. I wasn’t ever such a charming person
at any time in my life.
“Dark fantasy,” X said refusing to
believe my deprecatory self-assessment though he knew it was quite true. “You
never know where you’re hiding in someone’s heart,” he said with a snigger, as
he now continued scoring the pearl
spot fish he had brought for us to fry for lunch.
I started fantasising. Who could be
this mysterious person that sent me a box of Dark Fantasy cookies? “Very
suggestive if not provocative brand name,” X said with his usual teasing wit. I
nodded in assent, even as my thoughts drifted into fantasies — the kind that
would be considered dark in Christian theology.
Only after X left and I opened my
WhatsApp did I discover the truth — the Dark Fantasy box was a gift from
Blogchatter for my participation in their Food
Fest. Nothing to do with any dark admiration!
Thanks, Blogchatter, a unique and admirable
team that keeps some Indian bloggers together in a secular community at a time
when our country is deciding to do
away with the word ‘secular’ from its constitution and, worse, its
politics.
Very painful ending though the content (pun intended) is delicious! -Dawnanddew
ReplyDeleteIt's good we have communities like Blogchatter. Deliciousness comes naturally.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteCongrats... now for a review of the innards of that box! YAM xx
Only cookies, Yam. And some affection probably.
DeleteA great dark fantasy beginning!
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