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Handful of Grain

Handful of Grain

Anuradha Majumdar

the day trades
for a handful of grains,
for a bouquet of flowers
gathered by a child,
watching the flagrant cities
that stalk our disquiet—

for even great men
fail to explain
why the horizon
has no frontier,
why a grain of light cracks
every masked layer?

day trades, grain by grain,
each second resists or breaks—
but we are water and air,
fire and dreams—
light enters like rain
when we least suspect it.

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Anuradha Majumdar was born in Allahabad, India and currently lives in Auroville, an international experimental town. A dancer, she started the Auroville Dance Lab. Her two collections of poetry are Mobile Hour and Light Matter, and her books of fiction include Parallel Journeys, Refugees from Paradise, and The God Enchanter. She also writes for young adults.

Anuradha Majumdar