Dina Nath Nadim

1916 – 1988 / Srinagar, Kashmir / India

A Shoe

A shoe
with its mouth open
lay on the road
longing for a draught of water.
A dog came,
shattered the shoe
and
took it to a stream.
Is thirst quenched?

A brick said to a stone:
'You are a part
I am the whole.'
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