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the streets, filled with impenetrable smoke, Kashm

the streets, filled
with impenetrable smoke,
Kashmir is burning again,
so are tyres, rubber,
and logs. The houses
are burning. Fire
runs in waves. The air,
heavy with soot, murmurs
death overhead.
The lost children of
the sad country sprint
in alleyways with
black balloons. The lost
children of the sad country
count shadows
on the sun. In the afternoons
they sleep to the
rain’s lalluby. The food is scant.
There is no milk. The
grain of life shapes itself
into a stone we bring home
for a familial ceremony. Each evening
on the dinner tables
we prepare for our little wars
we will fight in the morning.” poem on  Kashmir
the streets, filled
with impenetrable smoke,
Kashmir is burning again,
so are tyres, rubber,
and logs. The houses
are burning. Fire
runs in waves. The air,
heavy with soot, murmurs
death overhead.
The lost children of
the sad country sprint
in alleyways with
black balloons. The lost
children of the sad country
count shadows
on the sun. In the afternoons
they sleep to the
rain’s lalluby. The food is scant.
There is no milk. The
grain of life shapes itself
into a stone we bring home
for a familial ceremony. Each evening
on the dinner tables
we prepare for our little wars
we will fight in the morning.” poem on  Kashmir