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| Kroot Niwas, Pune |
-Brian Mendonca
In the darkness before dawn
Sister Shanthi rises
to light the altar candles
for the 7 a.m. Mass.
The click of the lighter
stabs the silence
as
- in place of the scratch
of a match
on phosphorous -
a cigarette beckons.
(Kroot Niwas, Pune
29 December 2021)
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Pic by Brian Mendonca on 29/12/21
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