pandemic —
no distance between
my eyebrows
lingering a while
near the trash can
neighbours’ gossip
powdering
my nose again
rangoli competition
fitness
I outrun
my past
zoom call
grandma in her
Sunday best
pandemic —
no distance between
my eyebrows
lingering a while
near the trash can
neighbours’ gossip
powdering
my nose again
rangoli competition
fitness
I outrun
my past
zoom call
grandma in her
Sunday best
Finally at my mother’s place after a long flight. This is my first home visit after marriage. Nothing has changed much. The house plants, the broken window, the swing. When I open the rusty gate, grandma literally does a little skip, laughs hard and clasps my hands tightly.
following a butterfly
following a bullock cart
my heart