Poetry at Sangam

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KT 27: Kollan Azhichi by Vivek Narayanan

Lost to the calf and    missing from the pot
is the milk of a good cow fallen to the shed
Like that I’m worthless to myself    and denied to my lover
and the pallor must eat away
at my dark-hued beauty    the birthmark on my thigh

 

 

 

Vivek Narayanan