The laws of my mom and universe- Neethu Prasanna

The laws of my mom and universe

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My uncle had warned me       Not to seed her in the

bed           Of laterite, pee and millipede.

Almost every night I hear him,         her canopy,

Hurling out mudiyattam,      the strain of shingles.

Is it true          that a mouthful of water contains about

18* 10^6 molecules        that passed through the esophagus

of someone who lived roughly for fifty years?

Four sides it’s bermuda grass.    Covering the existence

of my shortcut                the trail to the margin free

store is kept             non-trodden.

If I forget to skip it         then I also forget to look down

Her newlywed kancheevaram leaves               the glare

that grows,       somewhere in the middle          I’m lost.

I hear him,           the chill she places on my back as I look

through       She wants           and doesn’t want          things

just like before           cigars fall         through my manicured

fingers        unsucked         I don’t turn these days.   Nor I open

the door.  But matter is                    I had.

First fruit             was an unwanted pregnancy.   I do

what seemingly she instructs me to do.            Eat.

The distance           this supple flesh    milk my infancy

These incongruities are not as big as you think.    The law of

conservation,   decay          eat               once from her

womb        complete the cycle         until she gets there

until my head                        hits the pit.