Delegates of desire
and liquid courage
enjoy a long-standing affair.
Post the derring-do unease
snubs efforts at placation.
Emotions are the currency
of the penurious.
The upscale seek exonumia
as a weapon in
the armory of exchange.
Intolerance is the signature
of a mind
that hasn’t moved
a legion.
Prejudice is its paraph.
Sanjeev Seth
Picture Nick Victor
Sanjeev Sethi has authored seven books of poetry and been published in over thirty-five countries. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by the Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. Highly commended in the erbacce-prize 2024 for poetry with over 9000 submissions worldwide, Sethi lives in Mumbai, India.
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