A poignant poem about Kolkata, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths.

I read night sky like the evening paper,
throw the meaning of seismic bumps out as they
lives outdoors.
 
Smoke swathed face of Kolkata fights in silence
bends and corners of the street riffling amid
the calm of the green boulevard.
 
The rhythmic beat of love and romance
Unspoken, fresh musk in your breath
my city shines apart.
 
Flocks of owls flutter away overhead after etching
white lines on the doorstep,
ignite the secret knowledge and souls within.
 
In thousand years
someone will say, the city can make you think
know anything, it will be true then.

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Gopal Lahiri

Gopal Lahiri is an India-based bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer, and translator with 23 books published, including four jointly edited books. His poetry is also published across various anthologies as well as in eminent journals of India and abroad. He has been invited to various poetry festivals including the World Congress of Poets. He is published in 14 countries and his poems are translated into 15 languages.

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