8/20/2019 Poem by Gagan Gill

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 A Desire in the Bangles.....

By Gagan Gill

A desire is in the girl’s bangles:frst they will break on his bedthen on the threshold o his house.But why on the threshold?Because in the girl there is a womanmourning — who is not yeta widowbut a widow to be. The girl’s ear throbs in her veins

as ar as her bangles The girl’s desire throbs in them The girl’s mourning throbs in themourning?!here is the girl’s manor whom mourning runs in her veinsor whom desire is in her bangles?"er man is caughtin some other bodysome other dreamsorrow# other tears

"is every sorrow# dream# tearis beyond the reach o the mourning girl$But the girl is only a girlin her is that %rimal innocence#madness# death#whose %unishmentshe will give to that manone daywhen she will break her bangles$