A Jacket of Pollution
He walked on the old lane to get a breath of fresh air in a bright winter morning wearing his old tattered jacket. He smelled the burnt smoke instead that choked his lungs in jiffy. Old he was, but the city was new, not the one he had seen a decade ago. He passed a smile to his jacket which kept him warm over the years but the deadly air, he imagined would not keep him alive for next two. Sad and depressed, he sat on a bench and mused over the generations to come. Spotting a destitute he bestowed his jacket which he believed wouldnt need him any more. Till we get a fresh air.. Author Rajesh