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Photo: Karan Madhok
Poem by Sayani Mukherjee: ‘Experienced insides of adult bones / Dilly dally fall / Over the window / A little trinket of shower’
Turbulence, a whiskey splash
A minute away.
Homecomings
Wet with inner child
Kites run wild
Spree of freedom and sinking feet.
A deep cajoling
A wide open night
A slow moving jazz beat
A trinket of fairy dust
Shadow’s dreamcatcher isle
Doodling over a white blanket
Mistakes and eraser
Our mothers know the way
Protect like a key chain.
The last rushing crawling
Deaths and little dinosaurs
Crayons, fabricated, sprinkled off.
An opal shaped halcyon phase
Dwindling steps
A little swinging floor
Russet and rusty
An infinite way
To love from above
A little push at the back
Cherry kissed jumping off
Little bit of dare
A little fear, a small red map over knee
A smudge from the elders
As if carrying little wildflowers
Inside a basket
Experienced insides of adult bones
Dilly dally fall
Over the window
A little trinket of shower
Purging
A cathartic growth.
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Sayani Mukherjee is a poet and a researcher, hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post-graduation degree in English from Banaras Hindu University. An ardent love of literature, her works have appeared in various reputed international and national magazines and journals. Currently she is part of the international anthology of poems 'Paradise on Earth'. She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts. You can find her on Instagram: @_sayani__mukherjee.
