Swetal Bhatt

Memory Flashes:

Spindly Branches
At the top of a tree
Sway in the wind
And scratch the belly
Of the sky
 

Brick Chimney
Next to the house
Why did they paint it white?
It looks so cold
Next to the snow
 

Forgotten Room
At the back of the house
With peeling posters of the era gone by
And the broken guitar
That faint chord
 

A Dozen Blackbirds
In a field behind a school
Peck at the mottled grass
Early in the morning
It must have rained yesterday





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