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Brown & Blue

6 May 2005, 18:00 PM

LITERATURE

Atia Hazoor

Alone I slip on yourkurta
Brown and blue, to prove
I could finally wear you
Without heartache
Your skin on mine
A frictionless glide
A 100% cotton slide
An asexual sheath
To be molted carelessly
Onto dirty wash heaps

To my dismay I feel
An electric tingle
In donning your scent
Seeking solace
In the warmth
Of your empty lair.

Atia Hazoor lives in London.

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