IN THE beginning, God watched Woman create the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty…

The air of the atmosphere bends the light

Of the sun as it sinks to the ground…

Or, a summer once passed. A Forgotten Memory.
In the lush enclosure near
Algal star-specked water spreads…

I think that salt was

never meant to be consumed

by humans: we stole…

I remember when dida fed us syllables

for breakfast, steeped in syrup,

smooth. We feared silence…

It is monsoon when they part,

when the water lilies sprout like tiles…

My mother infuses her emotions,
Muddling feelings like mint,
Mixing moods like potions…