In Memory of the 'Law Pod'

( A late December Post)

There it lay in its watery grave…lifeless, it was breathing its last… the smell of death hung high… my law pod was drowning in a pool of coffee and water on my study…my friend and constant company through thick and thin lay there screaming for me to save it.. but alas!! It was too late… it had been drowning slow for a week, while I lay in bed fighting a common cold.

With tears in my eyes I slowly picked up the lifeless pod… the ember glow of its dials no longer burnt bright… there was still life.. but time was running out…. With my dying friend in my hand I ran …. destination any spot in the house which had some warm life saving sun light, my law pods excelsior of life….

An hour later nothing had much had changed, life was slowly being drained out of that wee pod…. Something drastic had to be done… the house nurse was summoned ( my mums' a doctor so there is no shortage of nurses in the house)… and was categorically asked to dry the cold and freezing pod… lill did I know that it was the last time my law pod would breathe….

The nurse ( Bhimkala) did return 10 minutes later…. a disfigured law pod in her hands.. I screamed.. pulled out my lonnnng hair.. what had she done? Whatever happened to this once smart pod? MICROWAVE.. yes that’s what happened to my law pod… the house nurse shoved it in the microwave for 30 seconds with the hope of drying it…. My wee pod was first drowned and then burnt.. a sad and painful death indeed….

Now as i look back... all the hours spent with the law pod bring back memories both good and bad... it shall be dearly missed