A cloak so umbra robes
one middle bough.
The grandkid of one fallen
before the end of the ending
lights a vice; thin smoke
mumbles to the grief.
One slug commutes between
the points we unsee.
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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)