Happiness in the rim of cheese tins is a childhood whim.
The margins indulge you if you fit into their features.
I like the regularity of newsletters, unlike the iffiness of others.
Permeance in temporary settings is the song of this cycle.
Remember? You said with an aporetic smile
as if reminiscing was your right.
People walk out of our lives more easily than walk in.
The tin god within follows a firmer scan at the adit.
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Sanjeev Sethi
Picture Nick Victor
Sanjeev Sethi has authored eight books of poetry. Legato Without a Lisp is his latest (CLASSIX, New Delhi, September 2024). His poetry has been published in over thirty-five countries and has appeared in more than 500 journals, anthologies, and online literary venues. He edited Dreich Planet # 1 India, an anthology for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. In 2023, he won the First Prize in a Poetry Competition by the National Defence Academy, Pune. He was conferred the 2023 Setu Award for Excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India.
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