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Grief IV

by Asijit Datta

Grief is sometimes a pair
of oversized trousers.
I put my legs in and all air
presses upward.
For one whole season I
remain untethered,
clutching that weary space
between dereliction and circumference.
Curves and edges on walls
are the first to vanish,
then gravity and all points of repair,
beat by beat leave the soft
shrieks of anxiety,
wound, courage, impatience,
and finally dissolve the music of
the earth and its living crew,
the grace of atoms.
The outside collapses on the inside.
Neither ground,
nor any trace of departure,
there is only a long
bewildered orbiting.

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

Asijit Datta

Asijit Datta works as an Associate Professor at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication (Symbiosis University, Pune). He is part of the Board of Directors of The Posthuman Lab (Canada), the Editorial Board of the journal, “Studies in the Fantastic” (published by the University of Tampa Press), and Vulnerability Studies Network (University of Hyderabad). To support the uninterrupted growth of academicians and aspiring scholars, he runs an independent YouTube channel that houses conversations with some of the most renowned theorists and authors across the globe. Many of his poems and plays have appeared in distinguished journals and magazines. He has also received critical acclaim and multiple awards for stage direction and scriptwriting.