THE CASE OF THE MISSING PILLOW (AMRITSAR-JAIPUR EXPRESS)

The French cineaste seconded a pillow for the

Uruguayan lighting designer, somewhere between

Amritsar and Delhi. An hour or two later, two beefy

Looking Indians marched down the corridor, in search

Of the missing pillow. Now concealed behind the

Uruguayan. They dragged the Frenchman away,

Correctly suspecting him of committing the crime.

The Frenchman didn’t buckle, held his nerve, denied

All knowledge, covered his tracks. They let him go.

The pillow remains, forever, officially missing.

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