After The Sunset

Folder: 
Satish Verma

Night was young. 
Shameless moon 
wanted to talk to me. 

Will do what― 
I was not supposed to do, 
holding back the tears. 

We had killed 
ourselves with indelible scars 
for a puppet show. 


Reddish-yellow 
rind of bloody orange in 
the eyes of severed head.