Daipayan Nair

under the pull 
of a child’s scream 
electrocution

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

a speeding train 

rams into another 

headline

— Daipayan Nair

security cordon

national flags jump over

the barricade

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

night rain —
a restless dog licks 
the beggar’s face

— Daipayan Nair

a cobra

held by its throat

the crowd claps

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

glistening petals —
a loud chant lifts
the bamboo bier

— Daipayan Nair

blood moon —

an elephant herd blocks

the railroad

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

red sunrise —

a goat’s last bleat echoes 

across the temple 

— Daipayan Nair

winter noon —

a helmet in the middle

of a highway

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

sugar fall —
dad’s blank stare
at me

— Daipayan Nair

seizure

the folk healer beats

with a broom

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

3 a.m.
the muffled vibration
of a cellphone

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

late night 
what’s left of the mouse 
on my doormat

— Daipayan Nair

Daipayan Nair

sliced lemon 
mom’s fresh pair 
of eyes

— Daipayan Nair