In the soporific market
everyone stays awake.
“The time of pandemic, sir,”
says one cab driver,
“hunger prowls in the streets
with a bodkin open and naked.”
I buy some time from
a green grocer who says nay
to the request of wrapping
it as a gift item,
“Plastic is banned.” He asserts.
Kushal Poddar
Ilustration Nick Victor
Kushal Poddar lives in Kolkata, India
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