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Jyoti Nair·December 7, 2021

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Nonetheless

written by: Jyoti Nair

Am I an audacious albatross?
Deliberately grimacing the sweat drizzling peony,
Who tries to kiss my scorched palms…
My ribcage, a deserted shore, abraded by stinging yearnings?
During elliptical nights, my veins become fire-gargling albatrosses…
Strangulating conflagration that guzzle twilight-tapestry,
Amethyst feather-breaths massaging my eyelids…
Contemptible minutiae of my existence, that my windows swallow…
Insouciantly… prodded by blase breeze as forks!

Am I a Harlequin?
A polychromatic pyretic caricature…
Not merely my face, but my fingers and fantasies,
splotched with burnished blames!
A singed squirming Harlequin…
Whose tongue is often lacerated, often in exile…
Her cerebrum wakes up to a beguiling ceiling,
A wringing whirpool, unfurling rills of crimsoning stars…

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Jyoti Nair

The quintessential transformation evangelist, Jyoti Nair currently spearheads multiple operations for Learning & Development and Quality Assurance, spanning across HR and Recruitment, being employed at an Indian Multinational Technology Company, acclaimed as an unparalleled global leader in IT Services, Digital Re-imagination and Business Solutions. Her works feature in numerous, global poetry anthologies and distinguished poetry journals such as The Kali Project, Impspired, Inner Child Press, Open Skies Quarterly, Journal of Expressive Writing, Indian Periodical etc. She has won some significant laurels for her literary pursuits – The Certificate of Excellence by English Poets, Literary Excellence Certificate by Gujarat Sahitya Academy to name a few, however she inherently cherishes her solitary quill and fervently whets her pen in stoic resilience.

Lou Storey

A textbook example of nominative determinism, Lou Storey has always been a storyteller, a fact well illustrated in his art and in his writing. His careers have reflected that as well, first as a creator of idea-based exhibitions for museums, and later as a psychotherapist employing narrative therapies. His art and his writing share qualities of rich texture and detail, examining our capacity to be absurd while allowing a measure of forgiveness for our foibles. Storey and his husband Steve retired in 2021 and moved from New Jersey to Savannah Georgia. “We love everything about Savannah, it is like a city that looks like a park and thinks it’s a small town. Best of all, we can grow bananas in the backyard!”

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Creepy cackles from tall, looming trees
startle their jumpy heartbeats as they walk.
Shadows discreetly follow the echoes
while they timidly proceed down the block.

Young voices repeat with conviction,
“It’s just a night for entertainment.”
There’s no need for goosebumps and fear
as their eyes focus on the cracked pavement.

Undeniably sensing they’re not alone,
many follow in their hesitant footsteps,
eager to reach doors and push doorbells
but afraid of frightening special effects....

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