Feather: Poetry by Anu Majumdar

day begins from the rim of night

breaking free from its darkness,

straying far from the bulge of catastrophe

where only words without desire are warm when spoken.

yet a day must have its silence

even as the waterfront clamours for attention.

but when hours begin looping on butterfly wings

magicians fly first class.

today you are a fresh green blade of grass

holding on fast to the ladybird’s feet

till all monsters fly out of existence…

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