Beetle Magazine July 2020 Issue

Page 52

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Mrudula Kuvalekar today i felt small / a giant inside a giant / inside another aching giant / a body of touch-me-nots / a body of eyes everywhere / a body that lives inside / a body tied / with ropes thick enough to cut / a body tangled / a body woven from rapunzel hair too short / to reach / the ground it cries for its mother / has left / and it is late / and the train is long gone / the station drips with left / over rain / too soft to touch / it cries

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