June 2025
In this issue
Contents
The Red Dark
My chest is still buzzing when we rise together from the planks and wander into the meadow.
Beedi stubs and Biscuit crumbs
The girl walks towards the waves by herself, still clutching the packet of biscuits, the water a little above her anklets.
Her Skin
They followed a path down to the shore, suddenly aware of the silence,
Dreamcoat
Outside, noise from the street reminded Dave that life existed beyond his apartment.
Starbucks
I turned toward her, trying to appear as though I were looking for a seat or watching out the window.
Only Here for My Niece’s Christening
He smells like Irish Spring and lots of it. I offer him an agnostic smile.
The Melon
when suddenly our dog swoops in like a hungry kestrel burrowing deep sniffing your sweat
Sinduraruna
Sinduraruna is a translation of the Dhyana Sloka of the Sri Lalita Sahasranama.
Restrained Approval of Decorative Porcelain Tiles
Elevated into the high rafters of heat,
The Patriarchal Fantasy of the Extraordinary
The writer evokes the phenomenon of “doing” woman as soon as the epithet ‘woman’ is added to Thinker, writer, achiever, go-getter.
Winning while Losing
The writer makes the unique argument that athletic competition is not actually competition but rather mutualism, in which all the participants benefit