Feebleness
Every whipstitch, it is essential to be exposed
to lifehacks cached in inner chiffoniers. Better
still to exhibit them on primal vitrines: easy
to access, easy to annex.
On my way to the solemnities of your last rites
the one hosted in my mind, I resolved never
to be reminded of you, but I neither possess nor
have I penned a grimoire?
Vision
When you unself
from a situation or skein:
you deliver lavish
dividends for yourself.
Opportune distancing
mends the ache:
of the eventualities
of our exploits.
Propinquity bedims
the perspective:
leaving us to lust
after our parakeet or pelt.
(‘Feebleness’ was originally published in Peacock Journal. ‘Vision’ was originally published by The Fictional Café)
Sanjeev Sethi is published in over thirty countries. His poems have found a home in more than 350 journals, anthologies, or online literary venues. Bleb a Wee Book from Dreich in Scotland is his latest release. It is his fourth volume. He is joint-winner of Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux organized by The Hedgehog Poetry Press UK. He is in the top 10 of the erbacce prize 2021. He lives in Mumbai, India.
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