Fart

A compelling tale about how a fart changes the life of a clerk ordinaire

fart :noun (14th century) (often vulgar) : an expulsion of intestinal gas; a foolish or contemptible person;

His lover was supposed to walk in any minute now, and that's when he farts in his bed. Ramesh Kamath at that point wanted only one thing- to be invisible. In other words, if you had asked Ramesh Kamath, what would be his pick of five magic wishes, becoming invisible would have topped that. Ramesh Kamath wished he became invisible, inconspicuous, irrational, Le Godliness! Ramesh Kamath didn't want to be caught with a bad smelling fart in a room where he was the only mammarian (Author's sectist mentality is revealed here) inhabitant for the past hour. Ramesh Kamath wanted to vanish into thin air. And thats when it occurred to him that if he stays in the same position, as the one in which the fart had been delivered, the air released could get trapped in the mattress there. He must move, shake his booty a lil, to shake off this damn air. But before he moved, this hypothetical situation dawned on him. This new realization that contradicted his previous finding and stripped him off the need to shake his bottom. Suppose, Ramesh Kamath was asked to hold that fart for 10 seconds in the very space where he assumed it would be trapped in, would he be able to do that? He would never succeed in that venture- it was almost as unrealistic as was his wish to become invisible. Ramesh Kamath would not be able to hold that fart in there even if he desperately wanted to. With this realization Ramesh Kamath reclined in his bed with a certain satisfaction that a man becomes entitled to when he comes to know that he is relieved of a certain non-chalant duty. In that moment of absolute peace, he felt his body sink into his plush mattress lazily. In that brief bout of relief and happiness, Ramesh Kamath said to himself, "Boy isn't there enough 'give' to this mattress as is there support!". Ramesh Kamath wished good for the mattress salesman and his family. A person changes not by big dramatic incidents, but by small acts of compassion in the likes of what the mattress salesman demonstrated, thought Ramesh Kamath.