You’re growing on me again with the quiet violence that only love can offer. Turning around with an automatic smile, … More
Month: June 2019
Woman burning
Woman burning, the mob spreads from house to house setting bodies on fire. Woman burning, smoke rises from the ruins … More
Missed futures
No one ever told you when in school you would obsess over dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s while … More
Ritual
The tragedy of the afternoon takes a turn for the worse as the doctor enters the room. With practised indifference, … More
Your voice, falling
Your voice falling falling endlessly through shadows of the evening lengthening on teardust like light dripping on windows branching into … More
The blood room
Or, Why a poet can never save the world Like a strange afterthought, the X-ray machine in the dark room … More
Rain
Like trees violently shaking in the breeze and being torn apart uncontrollably, we drift away. At the bus stop, the … More
Aunt Sharmila plans a wedding
Aunt Sharmila returns from New York at midnight and calls my mother. Over a hour and a half, she forgets … More
My God does not
My God does not order me to burn people at the stake because our homes, with roofs falling, water gushing … More
My friend’s professor
My friend’s professor is a thorough gentleman. I have heard he never misses the early morning lecture at half past … More