Bio: Abel Johnson Thundil is a poet from India. He is the author two poetry anthologies. His poems are sometimes sentimental, sometimes dark; but always with a madness that’s very enjoyable. His works have appeared in Terror House Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Fevers of the mind, and other places. His latest anthology ‘Wilted: Poems of Modern Tragedy’ is currently available on amazon.

Contact: abeljthundil@gmail.com

Bukowski the bluebird He bites a cigarette, And I see the smoke gather into a heart; A heart that expands and expands Until it breaks, Dissipating into mere embers That stay lighted on the grass For a brief moment; Like a quiver, A pulse, A soul locked in its own cage. He bites a cigarette, And the smoke talks What he cannot say directly; His lovers, His pain, His pain caused by his lovers.... He bites a cigarette, And it writes on his lips His own…