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Blue Toe

An evocative and profound poem by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths. 

Blue-black toe
You are just two inches of my foot
At the edge of my three feet long leg
which is only a third of my whole body
 
How dare you stop me
from climbing
mountains!

Picture design by Anumita Roy

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Meher Pestonji
Meher Pestonji is a veteran journalist writing on street kids, housing rights, and communalism while covering theatre, art and interviewing creative people. She has written two novels, Pervez and Sadak Chhaap, three plays, ‘Piano for Sale’, ‘Feeding Crows’ ‘Turning Point’ and short stories. Her first collection of poems will be out shortly.
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  • In Meher’s brief poem she wastes no words in conjuring up her disdain for her foot, as a symbol, for things & events that dictate all of our choices.

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