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Tooth Extraction

A witty body poem, by Meher, exclusively for Different Truths.

My wisdom throbbed
in the dentist’s trash-can
 
while the anaesthetised gum
waited
for the pain to begin
 
Alone
I sat bereft
of both wisdom and of pain.

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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