Author Bio:

Amrita Valan is a writer, and a mommy to 2 teenagers. She loves observing their antics, and those of human nature and Mother nature, collecting rocks, stories and memories. Her published books are Arrivederci Fifty Poems, of love and loss, and In Between Pauses, a collection of 17 low brow vignettes/ slices of life tales.

Pandemic

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 Last Day of 2020 December snorts, grunts, Thirty first, the last day, Two years of global pandemic, On the streets, silent orisons Under Paget moon. Cold wind wrangles, Insides mangled Rain laden sleet Pitted trenches, Sleek oil caped roads Obsidian reptile, Lone motorbike, Headlights flicker, In hair spray rain. Pins and needles Dappled diamond paned. Quarantine broods. Quarantined moods. The heart races on Cavalletti course. Lower the bar and I shall cease to bother, Jump the threshold. Of wind-battened door. On the floor, bare Feet, glide indoors Afraid to…