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The Next Thirty Days...Day 21 (Pothole)

Well ..these days my fraternity is the talk of the town. And for all the wrong reasons. Two deaths within span of few days...because of me. And I am not the one to be blamed but end up being so. So much so that the leading news daily are giving me and my fraternity extensive coverage and have become talk of the town. Who am I? I am the pot with the hole...I really enjoyed those Polo advertisements....it used to make me wonder if they were inspired by us or...maybe we (here we means our creators) have been inspired by them.....we are still busy finding the answer. So is the Municipal Corporation albeit about different questions .i.e. how to get rid of us...how do we know....well my fraternity heard it. You don't believe it ...didn't anyone tell you about "Even The Walls Have Ears"...well with our significance presence everywhere people feel they are up against the wall (that in reality is the corporation not us).so the wall have ears....so we know what people are talking about us....  We hear people are busy telling each other....There are potholes on the road or the road is in the pothole, its really hard to make out.  

You must have surprised and amused by my logic....but don't worry..we have learnt this from our creators. Anything goes. Simple. Don't rack your brains. It goes as long as it goes. The minute there is an issue.....play the blame game. Again the same rule applies as long at it goes....it goes. Unfortunately for us ...we get cursed and abused every time anyone and everyone passes us. Some complain of backache, some complain of traffic, some about the damage to vehicle,  some the increase in fuel consumption.....and all sorts of problems they face because of us. To add salt to the injury is the fact that we are not our own creation.  Nor our end is our hands. As and when some decides that they have had enough of me and kin...they will fill us and kill us. But only just. For we exist only because someone who was to do the job properly does not bother about it at all.  Or in fact the truth is if they do fill us forever help them fill their pot of gold. We cost, you see and our worth our weight in gold.  It helps fill up the coffers. Having one coffer is just not enough. So why kill the hen that lays the golden eggs. It is of great importance therefore we the pot with the hole remain. Now how do we know this? Simple dear for there are handful few who smile when they pass us.

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