Fragment
Betrayal found me early
giving birth to Grundyism.
Collaborators in this caper
were seniors at school,
or from our colony
in the cantonment
who befriended me
to call or come home.
When they were acquainted
with sister
a year and some months older:
I was cast aside
from their circuit of friendship.
Androgen has no grace.
©2021 Sanjeev Sethi All rights reserved.
Sanjeev Sethi has authored five books of poetry. Hesitancies by CLASSIX, an imprint of Hawakal, in July 2021 is his latest. A month before it, he released Bleb from Hybriddreich in Scotland. He is published in over thirty countries. He is the joint-winner of Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by The Hedgehog Poetry Press UK. He is in the top ten of the erbacce prize 2021 UK. He lives in Mumbai, India.