This is John's pigeon that used to sit on my window. We were both prisoners in a locality that thrived on gunfire and terrorism. Whenever the pigeon was missing from my window sill, I think of what evil could've befallen my winged friend. Then like a messenger of hope he would appear. Today it was different. I am standing next to him in front of my humble abode. He is lying motionless on the snow. Looks like all that I had imagined so far has come true.
I have to write. Those were the words that escaped the dying man's lips. He was found lying unconscious near a mountain of blank paper. His autopsy revealed over exhaustion as the reason. But what did he want to write so badly that it killed him, no one knows. The task was designated to the junior cop who was part of the investigation team. Let's call him Namura. So here we are with Namura in a room with the mountain of blank paper. He is awed as to why should there be so many papers near a dying man. He picks a sheet on the top. He studies it. It's as blank as blank papers can be. No pencil or pen has violated its virgin whiteness. Namura thinks of the white bed sheets back home. He is tired. All he wants is to crash on his bed. He feels angry about the whole situation. Here I am, staring at a blank piece of paper, wondering why someone who wanted to write so badly didn't write a single word, while the whole world is sleeping on their comfy beds. He wanted to tear the ...
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