Nitoo Das (India)

​The Poetry of Everyday Life: I

Safety Pin

I am a fish
a wire fish
holding things
lips and friendships together
with a prick here
and a prick there and
the sweet circle of blood

TV Remote

I exist blurred
between memory and all
its antonyms
hidden in the folds
of furniture while unknown
nails search for me
Fingers tap-tapping
on my body charge me
make me arch.
I grant muscle
to the hands that control me.
 
Paint brush
 
I am animal
hair, tin and wood.
 
Lick the hair
to know
how flawless I am.
 
See if all of me bristle
to a close.


Umbrella

I am a flower eroded
with tears and the sun.

A steel skeleton
gives me wings.

Look for me
when you need a veil.