Mama

Ashok Gupta

Streetlights fill in the fading space,
between the porch and memories
of Mama and my village,far away.

I am burning and delirious,
Mama plucks chillies and bananas
from the backyard .

She returns from the market
with just a few Rupiah
not enough for the village doctor.

When lamps go out
there is the silence of crickets
and our sobbing.

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Ashok Gupta lives in Jakarta ,Indonesia .A few of her poems have been published in e-zines like Epiphany, Liberty Grove Review, Poetry Billboard, FZQuarterly and in print in Reflections and Times of India. Some poems have also been accepted by Slowtrains, Epiphany, Poetry Repair Shop and Muse Apprentice Guild.