Shloka Shankar

2 erasures

distance (n.)

Distance is
a thousand years
hardened with molasses,
carved from the laws
of physics.

 

Source: An erasure culled out from Chapter 7, p. 65 of Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire.

 

to unfasten (v.)

We unfasten
a bit of sense,
inaudible
to the wise.

Source: An erasure culled out from Chapter 4, p. 31 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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