Author: Shringarika Pandey

  • you made tea.

    you made tea.

    to make a cup of tea and think ugh, i’ve built this with my own hands as if creation requires disdain and everything you touch gets   burned.   peppermint leaves retain their buoyancy. you’re falling down a drainage hole of sorts, drenched and smelling sour.                    it’s unfair.   i apologise for the difficulties,…

  • ART STAR

    ART STAR

    I have been slightly unhinged   as if a door willingly separating from the bolts for an illusion of freedom, only to end up in the verandah, rotting under July sun.   as if the itches on my arm are acts of protest against a brain which simply wants to get rid of all my…

  • a study in selfishness.

    a study in selfishness.

    a study in selfishness. a lesson in understanding the reasons behind it. one must first learn the act of dissolving within all that currently limits you the math problem you trace back to your insomnia, the pineapples you cut through but can’t even swallow, another lover trying to escape when you’ve been too tired to…

  • A Boy Is A Gun*

    A Boy Is A Gun*

        *You’re reading about history / the act of reconstructing narratives / without the seminal hold of   … To unlock the rest of this poem, join the Circus!