Me, too, has a strong-armed will,
a mean swing
for bats and balls, a
wild, mean, streak for elbowing.
Me, too, has a strong-armed will,
a mean swing
for bats and balls, a
wild, mean, streak for elbowing.
In Other Words is an account of Jhumpa Lahiri losing and finding herself
I am Juthey, a lowly, poor man of this world
No!
You – my bastard child, you have learnt to speak, after years
I have created –
a country for you where your fractured self
lives by multiple names
When I have a daughter, I will pinch her every day so her skin turns to rhino hide – so she feels no pain when cornered by a stranger’s hand at play. When I have a daughter, I will lash her with my tongue – so she is ready for it when someone […]
