Riviera
Vulgar, power-hungry men are planning to build a riviera on the graves of dead babies to cover up their sins & make them look glamorous. Here’s a poem that reflects on that obscenity.
Smitha Sehgal is a Delhi based legal professional with a Govt of India CPSE. She writes poetry in two languages- English and Malayalam. Her poems, fiction and book reviews have featured in contemporary literary publications as Reading Hour, Brown Critique, Kritya, Muse India, The Wagon Magazine, Usawa, Parcham, The Criterion, Kalakaumudi, Samakalika Malayalam, Kalapoorna, ShadowKraft, Da Cheung (Korean Literary Journal) and anthologies including “40 Under 40: An Anthology of Post-Globalisation Poetry” , “Witness -Red River Book of Poetry of Dissent.
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