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(12 ?????? 1954 - 2 ????? 1989)

tr. from Anand Patwardhan's "Safdar"

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Safdar Hashmi (1954-1989)

Anand Patwardhan

The Dilemma

Picture this.
A man spends a
long bus journey
groaning over a very full bladder.
The bus finally pulls into a station
for a brief stop
and the guy rushes out,
leaving his bag on board.

But there�s a problem:
all the toilets are closed.
He runs around,
one muscle-twitch
away from humiliation,
looking for someone to open them.

Then, out of the corner of his eye,
he sees the bus pulling away,
with his possessions.

It�s a dilemma worthy
(well, almost)
of Hamlet:
to pee or not to pee?



Taken from 'Stage Struck: Frankly, my dear, you gotta make �em give a damn' in The Irish Times, 3 April 2014. Submitted by Taidgh Lynch.