After Plath’s You’re
By Krutika Zambre

 

Rhinestoned, a monopoly metropolis
fuchsia lipstick smeared on the city’s potholes
pink with the persistence of helium
a balloon of memetic opera

hair nokia snake xenzia
time chews you sleek, ouroboros
bites on arms- a fruit phone logo
flip you open: blue light

Sahyadri’s cherubim, mischievous
glistening
butter licked clean off a steel plate
a trenchcoat of chillies and
heartburn
heartache
heart
midnight kitchen
alive with salt and narrative

silken analog clock
Halley’s comic, glamorous domestic
kneading a dough of celestial debris
lights! action! chimera!
munch on your hours
eat the seconds, tongued clean off
fanatics talk to your edible hours

 

 

 

Krutika Zambre from Bengaluru, India is a poet and aartist. Her poem “Maria” was awarded the Gold Prize in Poetry at IFP (formerly India Film Project), judged by Akhil Katyal. Her poems have appeared in Flesh Mag, Exist Otherwise, The Alipore Post, Live Wire, and more. Her spoken word performances have featured on Spill Poetry, Awaken Words, and Tata Lit Live, among others.