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cost of a downpour

By Sonali Pan

this, pinprick wetness,

the sky falling like knives into our back,

the pretending i’m not road-kill at parties,

the million little letters monsoon writes to my cheek.

tuesday, i saw a pair of lips that looked like they’d just been

kissed, and bit down on mine, and thought about how my hair

gives away under the water, you see: nothing wants to hang onto trouble.

 

Sonali is an eighteen year old studying economics and mathematics in Delhi.

 

 

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: February 2019

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