Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 8, Number 1. May 2025. ISSN: 2581-7094
Monsoon
--- Pallabi Nandy
Fumes from the kettle
create a dark cloud of memories
looming over her
as she serves the beverage
to thankless hands.
The city engulfs millions of Sitas
every monsoon of their lives.
Purple, red, blue flowers
on their pale brown skin
nourished by crimson rain.
Pain, lust and pain again
the Sisyphean wheel churns
their hopes and love into dust
the same dust that gives rise
to more flowers
that bloom every monsoon
and we a shed a dry tear
and light a candle.
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