Anxieties

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Representational illustration provided by the poet.
Here’s a poem that reflects on the times of hate and the cycle of absurd violence, we all are trying to make peace with.

The physiotherapist stretches my limbs and
the jammed sole solemnly sulking.
The stethoscope on his table reads
an uneven heartbeat –
blood pressure
50 – 70
downsizing the mind.

“It is the anxieties of the anxious times
keeping you awake.”



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