Sounds
and Silences
Silence hung from the clothesline
Hung there to dry
The tears of the housemaids
Who toiled and soiled in the kitchen
Stretched evenly out on the sunny
terrace
Silence dripped of stale gossip
And made a rude face at the harems
Where the maids retired to have
their due
Silence sedated the iron gates
Silence rung of Silence
Sreemanti
Sengupta is an advertising copywriter based in Kolkata, India. She has been
writing in her vernacular (Bengali) and English ever since she can remember.
Her poetry and prose pieces have been published previously in various
anthologies and online journals. She celebrates 'the word' as a tool for
profound change in all planes of existence.
She
blogs at: www.weareideating.wordpress.com
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