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Sanjeev Sethi
Visitation
Unbriefed, they arrive from another country
for a weekend: The two of them, one six and
the other eight. A granduncle has no assigned
feature in a nuclear structure where the glue
isn’t finance. Questions diffuse the dryness
in a crescive equation, but the duo refuses
to engage with the rudimentary elements
of conversational stencils. I strive to endear
myself to them, but our bout goes down
like a lead balloon.
Occurrence
Imaginary wind shears caution me to alter tracks.
I go in to purchase a sturdier windcheater. Those
in the know whisper to me about my fault lines.
Take another pick, they plead. I obey. My next-
door neighbor is a poet manqué with a million
lines that refuse to reach anywhere. With every
heave-ho, his resolve deepens. Velleity is a weak
wicket on the pitch of creative shots, but no one
dares to break it to him. Gravy alters the map
for the bravest of cartographers.
Sanjeev Sethi has authored eight books of poetry. Legato Without a Lisp is his latest (CLASSIX, New Delhi, September 2024). His poetry has been published in over thirty-five countries and has appeared in more than 500 journals, anthologies, and online literary venues. He edited Dreich Planet # 1 India, an anthology for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. In 2023, he won the First Prize in a Poetry Competition by the National Defence Academy, Pune. He was conferred the 2023 Setu Award for Excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India. X: @sanjeevpoems3 Instagram: sanjeevsethipoems.
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