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Delirium:

By Snigdha Garud

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Fervid night—

i er

candle f c s

l k

a tantalizing blaze.

Light / bleary mind whispers / Achingly, I metamorphosize.

Noctuid anatomy,

thorax propels dark wings

forward…

Obsidian eyes glisten

as flame dances with intensity.

Image sears each photoreceptor

a hundred superimposed suns;

lost in a trance,

I circle closer.

circle circle

circle

Doomed trajectory,

loose inwards

spirals until i inwards,

taper

immolate this fragile body—

watch: instantaneous disintegration.

Reduced to a fine ash,

organs s c a t t e r in the wind;

I watch them d i s a p p e a

feeling weightless at last.

 

Snigdha Garud is an Indian-American writer who loves reading poetry, particularly metaphorical and visual poetry. She has also experimented with these forms in the past—with varying degrees of success. A current rising junior from Erie, PA, she is an avid painter as well, and loves exploring the overlap between visual art and writing in her work.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Issue 24

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