The knife is a lego block

by Hansika Jethnani

my alarm rings

every ten minutes

after twelve pm

i fall into a dream between them

walking up steel stairs

waltzing through beige corridors 

i am suddenly having hazelnut coffee 

before my two pm meeting

i cannot tell if i am asleep or wandering through my day

i wash my dishes while i fall into a conversation with my alter ego

replaying incidents holding two sides to every story,

i am swallowed by sentences they carry

i cut my vegetables like i am one

and the knife is a lego block 

i am trying to decipher

i watch the sun disappear behind grey buildings

oozing of tired jaws

i bask in twilight lingering on my bed

i cook like it is all i have a care for in the world

i slip between silence on the couch

gnawing

i watch the sunrise for the tenth day in a row

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Hansika Jethnani is a poet and visual artist based between London and Mumbai. Her work has appeared in Lihaaf Journal, Young Ignorantes and Whip Zine. She is also a contributor to two anthologies, Love As We Know It (Delhi Poetry Slam), and Fearless Love (Mohini Books).