Sometimes it's best to turn
On a new leaf
And forget the old. I look out
At the frantic city to see it
All mellowing in rain and mist.
This seems like a
Bottle of cold drinks, so I
Take your hand
And we go out
Drenching in the rain.
Together we hit the street
As if we know
How to side-step
The black sooty liquid
Beneath our feet. (It's all
in knowing how!) For,
The city gets
Squalid in monsoon.
We're at peace: blissfully
Happy to be able to discover
Each other and the city. Pour
A little more for us and
The city that spread out
Like a gypsy woman
Who belong. Everything else
Is lost in the swirl of a
Teeming masquerade.
Let us not ruin this moment
By talking about
How graceful we were
When basking in sunlight
At midday
Or dark wintry afternoons,
Racing around trees
Like butterflies.
It takes so little to go out,
Get drenched,
And so many false notes
Descending like crows
From bleak rooftops
Onto a garbage dump
Reeking of stench.
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Open Up & Accept
by Mukut Borpujari
Introduction: Mukut Borpujari is a graduate in English Literature and a Masters in Computer Application (MCA) degree holder. He started writing while he was still in college and his early writings were published in several local newspapers and magazines. Recently his poems appeared in various international literary journals and magazines, including Mount Hope Magazine of the prestigious Roger Williams University (RWU), RI, USA and New Feathers Anthology. Remington Review and Zephyr Review, Cerasus Magazine, London, UK are other major journals where his poems appeared. He is also long listed in this year's Erbacce-prize for poetry 2023.
