We shall lend an organ
when a soldier needs one
– by order.
I tell her,
“The singular ordeal where
we may dodge the dictums
is to grow a gangrene.
She turns her head, and
it has no eyes.
It’s a dark evening in the state.
Kushal Poddar
Illustration Nick Victor
Authored ‘The Circus Came To My Island’, ‘A Place For Your Ghost Animals, Understanding The Neighborhood’, ‘Scratches Within’, ‘Kleptomaniac’s Book of Unoriginal Poems’, ‘Eternity Restoration Project- Selected and New Poems’ and now ‘Herding My Thoughts To The Slaughterhouse-A Prequel’ (Alien Buddha Press)
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