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A poem by Debangana Banerjee, translated by Vincent A. Cellucci<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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these eyes hide your secret current\u2013 inside my room you came<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to inundate my identity to smother my mother tongue<\/span>
my body moistened by your immense streams<\/span>
dipped into a fleeting frenzy for the last time<\/span><\/div>\n

I undress the watercolors to paint you<\/span>
the blue the green the white none live up to their hue in this somber room<\/span>
the water boils feigning indifference<\/span>
arouse the essence of leaves\u2013 jasmine, earl grey, darjeeling<\/span>
I feared to realize the aroma may no longer linger<\/span>
your letters are ballads scattered<\/span>
wounds on the dull wooden floor and frail walls<\/span>
from the water\u2019s scald<\/span><\/div>\n

inside these four walls I was feeling lonely very lonely<\/span>
tell me what disaster you brought in your sudden currents<\/span>
exhausted flesh in your turbulence<\/span>
your flood of togetherness pins me down obliterates me<\/span>
delights in crossing my ankles<\/span> cupping my breasts<\/span> thumbing my chin<\/span>
the watercolors capsized<\/span> my wild tea wreath<\/span>
flows below hair like moss floating in your every layer<\/span>
an orgasm suspended for infinity<\/span><\/div>\n

dear river inside my house<\/span>
know my entity dissolves in the liquid elation of emotion<\/span>
my door swung open to a foreseen erosion<\/span>
carrying the sopping sleep of catastrophe<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Debangana Banerjee<\/a><\/h6>\n
Vincent a. cellucci<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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