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A Missing Person

by Jayanta Mahapatra In the darkened rooma womancannot find her reflection in the mirror waiting as usualat the edge of sleep In her hands she holdsthe oil lampwhose drunken yellow flamesknow where her lonely body hides © Jayanta MahapatraFrom: Collected PoemsPublisher: Paperwall Media & Publishing Pvt.Ltd. (2018)

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Pink Robes

Hair all tucked in; shorn of jewelleryLike newly minted doctors gathering degrees;Swaddling along in blue cloth slippersThe women in pink robes On the operation tableLike a chicken to be slaughteredThe pain throbs deep intoThe abyss of one’s core Nails digging into one’s skinThe prick of pain buried as theSensations swept Read more…

By anjalibhattmanda, ago