The Poetry of Prasenjit Maiti

 

 

 It was an afternoon

when she walked out of our lives

leaving me to savor our dinner

cold and alone

like a heartless collation

  

What about a woman

without trappings?

What about walking along roads

that are no more?

What about my women

whom I do not meet anymore?

 

She was spread like fresco

against the rock as I saw her

 

I like the way young women smell

my cheeks brushing her tender breasts

 

our lips were smothered and bleeding

and we were taken in for moments

 

eyes closed and serene

like everlasting stones

by Prasenjit Maiti

 

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