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Remember me in words

by Amulya D


I
Remember me in words
Count the syllables.
Recount them.
Can you see them
Kneeling before the universe?
I pray in verse
To these unruly Gods-
Of dishevelled grace.
II
Gather them all-
stray words
orphaned phrases
mundane pauses.
Hack them
until you bleed.

Amulya D

Amulya is from Bangalore, India. She has been previously published in e-Fiction India, Quail Bell and The Literary Yard.