An old man had no right to be optimistic.

Men as close to the grave as he should

only be thinking of the number of people who would be turning up at his funeral ,
shedding tears of formality, making their attendance known to all and sundry
He picks up the cracked mirror and holds it with awe and pride. After all, he had
given up all he had for this practitioner of non-pretence and unflattering
commentary. The mirror hands him a rose and tells him he is most pretty. It then
proceeds to draw his attention to a clearing in his otherwise luxuriant mane. He
frowns, and knits his brows in silent disapproval. The patch bereft of hair had the
shape of a dog-ear. The final batch of brain cells sends out a proposal which
sends the old man into raptures of ecstasy, with an aftertaste of cardiac arrest.
He wakes up in the CCU, twiddles a dial, and tunes into Mann Ki Baat. Make in
India reminds him of the idea that put him here in the first place. He yanks clear
of all wires filmi style. He goes and incorporates a company and calls it Bald, a
hair transplant company for dogs. Its logo is a dog-ear.Business goes through the
rof. He is rolling in paper bills featuring a bald, bespectacled man smiling at him.
When he is bored of all the rolling, he goes and pats a few dogs. One of the pat
recipients takes exception, and registers disapproval with a well-timed bite of the
old mans flesh.
The old man feels ticklish and wet. He picks up the mirror. It hands him a rose yet
again. Its redness is accentuated by the frothy red goo dripping from his mouth.
A wave of optimism washes over him. But he checks himself in time. An old man
as he had no right to be optimistic.