Fringes

I hang-

subtly

on the side

of brown leather satchels

and black leather pants

Other times

I’m bang in the middle

of the forehead

of a woman you once bedded

Both of you drunk

And yet I’m the one

causing all this

trouble to the mainstream

I’m just a tributary

which has been looked into

too bloody much

….

– Ananya Maheshwari