35 years of living
with only five fingers to help out
with my closed fist
I have confined all time and space
Cabbage potatoe egg plant
Fish chicken a chicken feast
All life's luxury drips like ghee
From my cook's fingers
All the world*#039s knowledge
Roams scot free since gods knows when
Dehradun to jaffana
Hudud: two good men's witness
To a woman 's rape
Kills all conscience
Of any good woman
Buddha too has fallen silent
35 Years of Living: Poetry by Jameela Nishat
About Misty EricsonMisty Ericson holds a BA in English & Comparative Literature from San Jose State University, California, and an MA History of Art from University of Leeds, UK. In addition to her work on HerCircleEzine.com, which she founded in 2005, Misty enjoys painting in her studio and restoring her home in the English countryside.
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