Pot-chat

“Amma finished.” Amma knows that actually it isn’t but she likes to plays along. She sees the doors to both the toilets closed and much to the amusement of RRJ always opens the wrong door. Next few minutes while RRJ remains seated on the throne until ‘it’ is actually finished, Amma has to cook up some game that can be played till she is given the privilege of cleaning the backside. There are number games, there are word games, there are tennis games (rules of which can’t be disclosed), generally there is much hulla-gulla. But then there are those days when RRJ is a little reflective, he talks of people and incidents that have hurt him. And asks what he should have done. At such moments Amma feels like holding him tight but circumstances don’t permit so she says, “I know it feels bad but people and incidents such as those do happen so you should try to laugh it off.” “I try, I try so much but you know, tears still come in my eyes”.”Okay now finished”. Post clean up royalty rushes off while Amma is left wondering how the time is slipping through her fingers.