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\"\"<\/h3>\n

The Peacock<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That lumbering train,
\ntarpaulin wings brushing
\nstone chips and dust,
\nthat heaving gush to the
\nterrace, keeping vigil
\nover flower pots
\nand threats from
\nthe neighbouring
\ndesert\u2014always making
\na song and dance about
\neverything\u2014a block of
\niridescence against
\nthe co-operative\u2019s cream.<\/p>\n

The spit and crackle
\nof tempering in daal.
\nHeeng laps the morning
\nsun and from time to time
\nit all turns dark. He
\nagglutinates
\nin blood-iron notes
\nof dampened earth,
\nthe frantic beating of
\nwooden windows,
\nwhite noise,
\ntarring to clarity
\nagainst the neon
\ngradient of night,
\nhis plume a
\ntousled glisten
\noff the ledge.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The First Morning<\/strong><\/h3>\n

i.m. Sutapa Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n

A loss so long ago
\nI cannot find it.<\/p>\n

The very next morning\u2014
\nthe first morning\u2014<\/p>\n

the pin-drop
\nsun fell dully
\non wood;
\nevery object
\naffixed the room.<\/p>\n

On a hook
\nmy kurta hung,
\nstarched
\nwhite to moth-wing.<\/p>\n

The air
\nsoft-pelted with
\nincense,
\nthe others
\nlet me be,
\nand walking
\nthrough the
\nstill pall
\nstirred up
\ncurlicues\u2014
\nsmoke chased
\nthem down<\/p>\n

inefficiently.
\nIn the
\neye-bulge
\nof the blank
\nTV screen
\nshone ample windows
\nand I,
\nmirrored, neaped
\nin bed.<\/p>\n

I was free and could not tell anybody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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