Anandalipi 2022

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Tall Weeds Vishnupriya, New Jersey

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amn! It’s only when the weeds in the backyard had grown shoulder high that he started feeling guilty about neglecting them. He should have uprooted them much earlier. It would be a hell of a job now. Masked, gloved armed with a hand trowel, weeder, and shovel if necessary with large trash bags by his side. An aggressive attack to dislodge their roots. He wanted to put it off like always. No patio barbecue with friends this time during the pandemic social distancing, so it was ignored thus far. But the question is : Why him always? Why not her? n

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