Shloka Shankar

2 erasures

spurt (n.)

The best idea
is a spurt,

enough to consume
clouds
large and swift.

Source: An erasure culled out from Chapter 2, p. 19 of Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire.

 

to believe (v.) 

Believe in the fallen,
insulated against
the whirlpool  
of belonging.

Source: An erasure culled out from Chapter 1, p. 14 of Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire.

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Shloka Shankar is a freelance writer and visual artist from Bangalore, India, who edits the literary & arts journal Sonic Boom, as well as its affiliated press, Yavanika.

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