Dr. Molly’s poem is about the chores of a summer morning, exclusively for Different Truths.
Outside the heat
burns
leaves shrivelling up.
this summer
a hot furnace...
morning!
pasted smiles
chewed up chores
sugarless tea...
food plate insipid.
post sixty
posing health hazards
fading vision
aches predicated on fatigue...
petrol smelling a.c yed
car rides, musty air inside
sun's glare peeping
through windows...
perfunctory medical
visits
clinical smelling corridors of wait,
consultation...
back, the tv channels
gorging on sensation, fights and political intrigue...
it cloys, it cloys...
only
the new born blossoms, braving the weather, waving in the wind
you breath in, the
existential cool...
the chatter of children
clinging to you
brings out smiles of innocent warmth...
Picture design Anumita Roy
Dr Molly Joseph, a bilingual professor and poet from Kerala, has published 26 books, including 18 poems, two novels, and two storybooks for children. She has edited “A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics” and works for values, global peace, and togetherness. Dr Joseph has won national and international accolades and represents India at SAARC and FOSWAL literature meets. She believes in the power of the word and writes boldly on contemporary matters.
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