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Ghazal

Chanchal Bagla

Why do all the open books look like birds?

Why do maa's undone eyebrows look like birds?


No peacock or parrot charms me. I love pigeons

The common-man of birds, the nook-like birds.


Every day, walls of my room move an inch closer

To stop it, I built pillars of books that look like birds.


When I run too fast in streets, all my words fall down

Crushed under tyres -still breathing- they look like birds.


You are the bird you like. Your noses too long,

Voices mimicked. Four hearts. We all look like birds.

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