JAYANT KASHYAP

Rehoming

There is no reason you / should survive.
The bird says here / her wings often become part
of barbed wire fences. Escape / is such a delight
—almost like / a mouthful of water.
But the rivers are / dying. She says the reasons
are / the reason is / clear—
there is no reason you / we / should survive.
She says this / isn’t anger / is
despair. She says despair / is miles away from anger
—like last weekend’s smoke

yesterday / today / tomorrow / the day
after / the day after / the days after / the days—