Hurricane by Neetu

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Hurricane

last night’s hurricane  blew the roof off
pieces of felt lay on the street like bits of rubber tires
blown off a moving car         mundane occurrences
don’t matter     insurance will cover damages    it’s
only stuff                 replaceable in all events    except
life that breathes skin that is drenched in the rain or tears
the hand that held yours when others crept away    and you
were             alone          looking at the leaky ceiling     with
the roof partly gone   streaks of cloud visible perhaps       none
of  the storm strikes you as odd     just the leaking heart you hear    
drip         drip        drip

© Neetu Malik

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Neetu Malik
Author Bio
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
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Neetu Malik
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
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