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RAIN

Rain weeps on a tomb and a dead toad. Life's fleeting beauty confronts love's absence

June 15, 2022

Skywaters         descend       over
a   marble   love   tomb   staining   white
a   sharp   spring   leaf   burning   green
a    far    puddle    innocently    brown
water   bier   to   an   old   toad   belly up—
cause   of   death,   said   the   pathologist
as   the   diener   scraped   and   sliced,
something that is not love.

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PART OF A COLLECTION

THE RIVER and 3 other poems

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Anuradha prasad

When Anuradha Prasad is a writer and copy editor living in Bangalore, India. She writes poetry and fiction. Her work has appeared in Literally Stories, Bangalore Review, Sleet Magazine, and Borderless Journal.

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