“To W.W.” by Anjalee Nadarajan

He strides across the open desert plains,

Away from sky-side barks, heartbroken stare.

Cacophony of cries berserk his brains;

Look yonder, he’s absconded. Babe, beware.

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Denounce, deny, the one who knocks now deigns

To resurrect those old forgotten cares.

For reaping’s done; friends—skeletal remains

Lie underneath some misbegotten lair.

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Thus, heat has found him through and through—it rains

In Albuquerque blunted with despair.

Anjalee Nadarajan is an emerging writer. Despite her degree in math and economics from U of T, the study and writing of literature remain her vocation. She has previously been published in The Quilliad and in untethered magazine.

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