Poets
Poems
Sign Up
Login
POET'S PAGE
POEMS
Jeet Thayil
1959 / Kerala, India
CUT TO BITS BY THE SICKLE MOON
LIKE THIS POEM
Who has done this?
Schoolboys, drained of
all emotion but the one
that'll outlast them,
kneeling on the sands in
waves through the two
thousands, learning the
fundaments of blood
sacrifice as the correct
response to figurative art.
140 Total read
Show Stats
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
See more of Poemist by logging in
×
Login required!
Sign Up
or
Login