Commencement

BART to San Francisco Airport. Phone call. Bear-hug. Perfume. Graduation wishes. Bear-hug. Airtrain. Toyota Corolla. Gossip. Past, present and future. Characteristic laughs. They don't sell those on eBay. Dinner. "Berkeley has good restaurants". "Stanford has best friends". Tashan. Akshay Kumar as Ravan. Comic timing. Timing thats not clocks and flops. Timing lasted 4 yrs once. Brought the house down once. Now found on the other side of the Bay. Even Moses can't part these waters. Sleep.

"Jaldi ready ho jaa, Chintan." Hah! Impossible. Never happened. "Jaldi nahaa le, Chintan" Hah! Impossible. Never happened. Single song on repeat in Winamp. Some things never change. Pray they never change. Black cloak. Hawaiian garland. Sunscreen and Sunglasses. John Hennessey. Oprah Winfrey. Someone please give a speech on something other than how to achieve success. Lunch. Balloons. Flash. Colgate smiles. Flash. Black Cloaks. Flash. Hat's too stuffy. Comes off. I'm off too. The hat's small. Still holds memories. All of them. Today included. One such hat per sem keeps the chemistry going. Amen.

Caltrain. Sleep. Dream. Wake up at Oakland Airport. 3 days too late. Frequent flier miles should be used. Because 400 miles away a cloak lies folded and quiet. Cloaks are meant to flutter. Wishes and horses. Horses trot over wishes. Horses are so dumb. For the last time. Some things should change. Pray they do.