The New Exorcism-Part 3 Poem by Prem Nizar Hameed

3
I heard her scream: "Either you control me from the earth
Or send to the Devil's Hell, not to the Trishanku's Heaven
It is against the ethics of a professional exorcist"

I tried to repair the device but in vain
To appease her I just asked: "how did you die? Where did you die, mam? "
"I dye with brush before the dressing table! !
Hey man, don't worry about my welfare,
Check the manual to find out trouble shooting" she retorted

I was embarrassed by her criticism
Even the holy water therapy did not work at that juncture
I took the manual, read the trouble shooting, nothing fruitful.

"Any message is displayed? " she asked
"Yes, blinkering with emi, emi. Is your name emily or emi, mam?
The device must have detected you"
"Hey man, not Emily or Emi, it is E M I,
Have you purchased the kit in instalments? "
"Yes"
"How many EMIs are pending so far? "
"Six"
"Why? "
"Govt. declared moratorium"
"Hello, moratorium for essentials only, not for this kind of tool kits;
Since you have not paid the EMIs on time,
The Device got automatically deactivated when its grace period expired"
"How it happens, the tool is certified for anti-ghost"
"But its EMI related deactivation software is designed
By pro ghost technology in order to counter act"
"Oh my God, what to do now? "
"I was an innocent ghost, but your inexperience hand,
And the insufficient apparatus made the situation more aggravated
It is like stirring up the hornet's nest
You were playing with the tool the same way
Jambavan's child did with Syamanthaka"
"Please stop beating around the bush and say something to solve it"
"The tool is meant for exorcism not for excuse-ism.
Settle the dues now on online to evict me from this dilemma"
"My net banking is locked now"
"Don't you learn still not to get your net banking locked under the lockdown?
Do you have Debit card? "
"It was captured by ATM, recently"
"Call a friend to help settle the dues"
I soon connected my mob to the nearest socket for charging it
"My foot! That too! !

She lost all her patience, and fainted in the midair with no hope,
Delivering a few waves of lip movements with emotional poignancy:
But unfortunately, nothing could be heard clearly or seen visibly,
As they were in the language of the ghost on the specially designed
Digital waves emerged from the thick silence of the thickest darkness;
So, I dispatched it to Jonathan Harker at Vampire Hills for decoding
***
Jonathan slowly took his mobile, looked at it, swiped it
Made a call and then did frown his eyebrows

(THE END)