New Alphabet

Folder: 
Satish Verma

Can your words find the color 
and smell of a manslaughter 
in an unholy stampede? 

Head bowed, the handcuffed activism 
walks on the street. Now pops 
up the moon from forficated clouds. 

A decoy was sitting on a tree 
with a stunning gaze 
to watch the lewd behavior ― 

of a mirror engaged with a 
self-portrait. Alphabetically 
the breast milk spills ― 

before you arrive without 
mouth. A celebration 
starts today for an unborn.