Nefertiti
written by: Joy Moitra
@JoyMoitra2
I was at the bar
When she came
And sat by me
Our thighs grazed each other’s
As she looked straight into my eyes
Reading criss-crosses on my forehead
You’ve been long dead, she said
With a deadpan face
Didn’t you know that?
I stumbled for words
Floundering through memories
Cobbled lanes
Really, I asked;
She didn’t answer straight
But looked at my eyes red
It was then I remembered her name
The ‘she’ of my troubled dreams
Nefertiti, from an ancient land
Nefertiti, maiden of Thebes
Nefertiti Neferneferuaten
Didn’t know you had slayed me then!
Joy Moitra is a service industry professional, who likes to indulge in wordplay. His first book of poems was published in September 2019. It was officially launched for public reading at the Kolkata Book Fair in January 2020. Joy’s second book of poems was published in January 2022 by Story Mirror, a Mumbai publishing house. The book is available at leading online bookstores. Joy is an avid reader and a passionate cricket enthusiast. He lives in Kolkata.
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