Sunday, April 4, 2021

Of Tea and Peacocks (2010)


















 

fan brushes Delhi heat
I shelter waiting for tea


a solitary peacock preens

jumps down from his perch
marches across parade grounds
of my father

Lal Qila
once royal
endures squirrels
mynahs, pigeons
tourists

the barbarians have come and gone
and
it is another kind of game

 

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