GUMMY SMILES- THE ODD COUPLE.

They used to greet us with their gummy smiles all the time any time we went to their place.
You could see their delicate, itchy pinkish gums, waiting to bite you bluntly, without the slightest provocation but they meant no harm.
The day used to begin with the bawling cries for milk and food which was dutifully provided by the family members. The noisy slurps would dominate the feeding schedules. The next activity was the bathing and powdering to make them refreshed. This would be followed by their daily peaceful morning siesta for a couple of hours. The schedules of feeding continued through out the day tiring the family members to no end.
Diapers needed to be changed all the time which was an exercise by itself. The stench was gracefully accepted as a part of the daily routine. Nobody grumbled.
Communication was mainly in the form of monosyllablic utterances and loud cries which used to shatter the delicate bone china crockery around the house. They always required someone to sit with them, talk to them. They were scared in this big world. The care takers were always around to ensure the comfort of the odd couple.
There was a hint of preference and partiality towards the younger member of the couple for obvious reasons. The elder member would still smile at this partiality.
Their smiles and laughter would occur randomly without any reason. Their body clocks functioned according to their own whims and fancy.
The family was always hospitable to the guests who would come in droves to see them.
One would stay.
The other one would slowly go away.
The newborn grandson could not simply comprehend the cries in the house after his grand-dad's demise. He too started crying, the milk bottle promptly put in his mouth quietened him and later, he started smiling once again, oblivious to the surrounding mourning.
He smiled for a reason.
One day, his time to go away from this world would also come............