A witty body poem, by Meher, exclusively for Different Truths.
My wisdom throbbed in the dentist’s trash-can while the anaesthetised gum waited for the pain to begin Alone I sat bereft of both wisdom and of pain.

Picture design by Anumita Roy
Meher Pestonji is a veteran journalist writing on street kids, housing rights, and communalism while covering theatre, art and interviewing creative people. She has written two novels, Pervez and Sadak Chhaap, three plays, ‘Piano for Sale’, ‘Feeding Crows’ ‘Turning Point’ and short stories. Her first collection of poems will be out shortly.





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