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your touch
persistent
unwelcome
triggers
ancient volcanoes
bitter memories
that erupt
scalding┬аskin
and soul
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your touch
persistent
unwelcome
triggers
ancient volcanoes
bitter memories
that erupt
scalding┬аskin
and soul
Inspired by Renee Lupica’s brilliant ‘Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman’, Orinam invites you to add your stories in the form of a comment to this tale.
She deserves more than a life in disguise,
More than a loveless bed and a man of lies.
Alok Vaid-Menon’s poem celebrates male femmeness.
Essays, poems and a short story on love for V-Day 2013
Poem read by Shivapriya at Orinam’s Quilt Pride 2019 edition.
“Set against the backdrop of an early 2000s radio show in a Mumbai apartment, teenager Ashwin grapples with a knot in his stomach. He seeks healing amidst Bollywood music, the soothing voice of a radio jockey, and a crushed neem face pack.”