I Sleep

Contributor: Ananya S Guha

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and crows cawing
repetition of mind
or dream
crows cawing seven
times
figures and numbers
suddenly they stop
halt
cessation is endless
no other sounds
only movements
a bird swoops
chattering, the rains
abate
sky opens into fervid cry
movements up, down
halt.
I ease myself in a chair
the hills brood
over time
the crow snaps at a twig
a dog moves languidly
I sleep


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