Kiss by the River (A Poem)

Published in MUSE INDIA / ISSN: 0975-1815

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I saw her plump lip line wanting to

kiss you

the day near the river

when the sky overcast

tried to spray

the making of happiness

with berry pulp from overturned baskets.

I waited for you to finish your kiss

and when the thunder struck

to look at me with your mouths

touch suicides smooching bones

suck out friends and foe friends

also you and her

with lips so thin

that finally there is nothing to kiss

still you end up kissing each other

I stand right behind

so you kiss some more

more some.

-Jharna Choudhury

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