life or death

In the morning just outside of the hospital compound, Bombay Dream noticed a man lying on the sidewalk sleeping in what he thought was an odd position. The man had his face covered, but Bombay Dream didn’t think too much of it because he just thought the guy had a peculiar sleep habit. Then much later in the day, early evening, Bombay Dream went out again and noticed the man no longer had his face covered and his eyes were partially open. He called, “Baba? Baba? Excuse me?” when he did not receive an answer, he leaned in and noticed ants crawling on the man, out of his nostrils and in his eyes. That’s when he realized the man was dead. He walked to the security guys, who were just on the other side of the wall, and they said, oh yeah, we know, you should call the police. So Bombay Dream called the police, but couldn’t believe that the man was just lying dead right outside the gate of the hospital and no one had bothered to take care of him even though they knew. The man will most likely go where unclaimed bodies go- to the morgue and then will be incinerated after some time. A sad way to go- no one around you, people barely noticing or caring if you are dead. Ask an elder here, why does this happen? Murmurings about karma, destiny, it was written…still do not stymie the incredulity of the situation in my mind.