by Babitha Marina Justin (India)
Haven’t you seen
the world shrink?
or the empire ball-up
into a fist-sized virus ?
Everything is silent and
dark now, we tip-toe
trying to find a remedy
at the tip of needle-eyes,
Haven’t you seen
the tie-and- dyed
sky beam its grin
with an aisle full of stars
and a wafer-thin moon?