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Date: 22/01/2026
The first thing to slow down was sound. Conversations shortened. Footsteps softened. A radio played but no one really listened.
Lights followed next — one room dimmed before another. Curtains were drawn halfway, not to close the day, just to reduce it.
Time loosened its grip. Tasks stopped asking to be finished. Even thoughts began to arrive with gaps between them.
Someone checked tomorrow’s plan and then closed it again. It could wait.
The day didn’t end abruptly.
It thinned out — gradually, politely —
until only quiet remained.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati , Assam , India
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