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The Taste Of Love

The skinned face reveals a raw, naked past tasted in a singular kiss.

December 15, 2022

Strip by strip
I’ve skinned this face
My raw story
Hangs now as flesh
Kiss me, this is how
Our past tastes
Naked

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PART OF A COLLECTION

Mercy and 5 other poems

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Danish Hussain

Danish Husain is an actor, storyteller, poet, and a theatre director. He was instrumental in reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, which he later extended into a multilingual storytelling platform called Qissebaazi. He lives in Mumbai and runs his theatre company The Hoshruba Repertory.

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