Noise
Is in-betweenness a curse or calling?
This is my shelter. Acceptance alters
the map, boundaries erupt, erase just
like that. The mind fans this fire: give
me a furnace with no fan. Chasing cume
they chase my misgivings.TV is home.
Decibels make me deaf, it’s difficult
to hear myself. I find my calm.
This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury) is Sanjeev Sethi’s latest book of poems. His work includes, Nine Summers Later and Suddenly For Someone. His poems have found a home in The London Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Solstice Literary Magazine, Off the Coast Literary Journal, Synesthesia Literary Journal, Oddball Magazine, Hamilton Stone Review, Otoliths, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.