Lemonade
Beneath city lights, a shared drink sparks a woman's defiant flight from…
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From ULR
Issue 9 – Violence
The Lymphatic System
Spreading like a spiderweb, it fiercely digests intruders, weaving threads of immunity and potent resilience.
June 15, 2023
(inspired by ‘Blood’, by Celeste Herriotts)
Like a spiderweb you
spread into the outer reaches of an
archipelago.
You are the Gangetic delta, delivering
a labyrinth of life-giving sap.
You assess every intruder.
Overcome. Digest them with the wrath
of a hungry tarantula, wrapping them close
in your lace blanket.
Then spit out their calciferous carcass.
You spin. You weave threads of immunity in
someone’s universe.
A meteor shower of resilience.
I feel you.
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PART OF A COLLECTIONLemonade and 2 other poems
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Susmita Bhattacharya
Susmita Bhattacharya is an Indian-born writer. Her debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian, 2015), was long listed at the 2018 Mumbai Film Festival. Her short story collection, Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing, 2018), won the 2019 Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection and was featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Her poems have been featured on Mechanic’s Institute Review, Janus Literary Journal, No News Poetry Anthology etc. She is a creative writing lecturer in the UK.