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Matchbox – August ’26
I Walk Instead
On ghats, reeking of him, a soul craves his ash, morbidly seeking its own resurrection.
August 26, 2026
In the dead of the night,
lying on the ghats,
I smell of you and your sperms in me.
I am sick of your stench,
I wish you had died,
so I could wear your ash,
and feel alive.
Suddenly, echoes of a distant kirtan from somewhere —
too late in the night to forget,
too early to die.
I walk instead.
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Maitreyee B Chowdhury
Maitreyee B Chowdhury is a poet and writer. She has authored- 'Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen: Bengali Cinema's First Couple', 'Where Even The Present is Ancient: Benaras', 'One Dozen-Hasan Azizul Huq'(Trans), 'The Hungryalists' and 'I Walk Instead'. Bengali Cinema's First Couple was shortlisted for the Crossword Awards(Non Fiction). Maitreyee is the editor of the literary journal The Bangalore Review and one of the founding members of The Bengaluru Poetry Festival. She has been widely published in national and international journals.