ANOMALY

By Neel Anil Panicker

An eerie silence enveloped the icy darkness. Missing too was the shrill bark of the street dogs disaffected by the hiss of a passing vehicle or a rustle in the trees; or even the uneven coughing of   the vagabond shifting and shuffling his legs under the improvised paper sheet.

The wintry chill embraced one another victim.

An hour of uneasy twists and turns and, Raghav gave up.

Having lost the battle of sleep, he extricated himself from his comfy Dunlop spring bed, pulling away from the warmth of the room heater.

Tonight, they seemed to be of not much use.
Slipping into his slippers, he moved out to the balcony.

‘What was it? Is he reading more into it? Or is there something wrong, something greatly wrong?’

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