The Dead

He was found today,

Lifeless- Silent.

In his studio apartment.

The door-mat was littered

With three day's newspapers.

And bills thereof ,

Showing dues of three months.

Reeking of tobacco

And marijuana,

And of decaying flesh.

Few notebooks

Spread around him.

The laptop was still on,

Plugged in the power socket.

A cellphone

showed five missed calls,

And four messages

All from one number.

An e-mail

Open on the laptop screen;

That read rejection.

And a haiku,

On a parchment; read -

"Enough! I evade;

I am finally

going to rest."

                Dated 16 May, 2011