The Dead
Posted by sideshowjudy on February 17, 2009
The Dead
Yesterday, en route home from having an interesting conversation with a well-known philanthrophic organization, I chanced upon a dead man. Mid-40’s, car up on a kerb, lying there quite still. The car was apparantly undamaged, 3 cop cars were parked just beside. The forensics guys had their high-end Nikons whipped out, photographing his very dead face, as he lay benched against the back of his car seat. It was black Japanese car, nothing special nor illuminating. I thought it was a movie being filmed on my street, but I guess…it wasn’t.
Real death, as opposed to reel death (of the CSI variety) is strange. I do believe this is the first time i have seen someone dead, aside from coffins at funeral palours (Another weird statistic - i have been to more funerals than weddings but it’s probably because i avoid happy endings). Non-life seems very static and well-composed. I felt strangely ambivalent, but did manage to chat with Anand, the guy who makes my coffee at Starbucks on what we thought happened (a mad case of Cluedo). I think it’s foul play, only because he was so…bloodless.
I went home, with groceries in hand, past the maddening crowds gathering for the extended CSI reeltape and went home to watch the reel-thing. CSI Season 9 - where reel death is far more elaborate and suspenseful than real death.
p.s: I checked the papers today, no mention of dead man. it’s terrible to go this way. not leaving a spot on this world, just a bunch of dead photos…but then i will have no way of winning my bet with my coffee-dude now.
