Elegy For My Sari
Myaanchalgrows
Edgy all on a sudden
The border quivers, flares up but
It's too much to deal with...
To choose between warnings and wardrobe
So defiance defers, coils back tremulously
Hiding crestfallen between anxious pleats:
One fold taut with
The gall of it all
One fold crumpled hopelessly...
Myaanchalfidgets
In one last desperate flutter
A gregarious gesture
Before it grows immobile
Grim. Like a shroud.
Edgy all on a sudden
The border quivers, flares up but
It's too much to deal with...
To choose between warnings and wardrobe
So defiance defers, coils back tremulously
Hiding crestfallen between anxious pleats:
One fold taut with
The gall of it all
One fold crumpled hopelessly...
Myaanchalfidgets
In one last desperate flutter
A gregarious gesture
Before it grows immobile
Grim. Like a shroud.
Nuzhat A. Mannan teaches English at Dhaka University.
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