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The Crow Within: A Forsaken World, Inner Demons & Self-Destruction

The crow’s head materialises
from its recess through
my eye-sockets. Inside

my skull, its neat nest,
coils up warmth for the next
and the next of its kind.

Have you heard the constant
flipping of a calendar?
Press your ears on my chest.

The crow goes back, my interior
is its self-sustainable ecosphere.
It eats my heat, flutters around
and sits on some nerve or organ.

I feel comfort and pride imagining
that I am its day outside a shawarma place,
its cold-heart-serpent night
for its panicking fledgling.

Press your chest against my one ear.
The birds should know that other skies exist.

Illustration by the poet

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Kushal Poddar
Kushal Poddar, the author of ‘A White Cane for the Blind Lane’ and ‘How to Burn Memories Using a Pocket Torch’, has ten books to his credit. He is a journalist, father of a four-year-old, illustrator, and editor. His works have been translated into twelve languages and published across the globe.

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