Mammography
Flattened to lace, a vessel reveals rotting land, prompting a shadowed, breathless…
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From ULR
Issue 10 – The Body
Domesticated
A woman's ethereal essence transforms into domestic space, her profound freedom and flight sadly tethered
December 17, 2023
Instead of cotton, she wears gossamer
woven by spiderlings. She floats
from room to room with the wind
in her pallu. A feather duster
extends from her hand
like a wand, making cleaning
a breeze. Her limbs, attuned to chores,
meld into household accoutrements.
By the day’s end, she becomes
square footage.
The whispers of her ability to fly
at will are accurate, but as ever,
the gender divide is impassable.
pallu: a part of the sari draped over the shoulder
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Suchita Parikh Mundul
Suchita Parikh-Mundul is a writer and copy editor. Her poems have appeared in literary magazines like Narrow Road, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Yugen Quest Review, Outlook India, Muse India, Sahitya Akademi’s Indian Literature, and anthologies such as Amity: peace poems (ed. Sahana Ahmed, Hawakal, 2022), The Well-Earned (ed. Kiriti Sengupta, Hawakal, 2022), and international compilations. Her articles have appeared in print magazines as well as websites.