The Boy Left In The Attic by Kushal Poddar

The Boy Left In The Attic

by Kushal Poddar

Some nights we don’t hear
the boy in the attic, his feet
and his imaginary obstacle race

because we receive the call
from our son in the other land
where sun’s already varnished
the planks and the laths.

Perhaps we speak too loud
for a short conversation.
Perhaps the child soul in the attic
is the glee our son he left behind.

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Kushal Poddar is the of ‘Postmarked Quarantine’ has eight books to his credit. He is a journalist, father, and the editor of ‘Words Surfacing’. His works have been translated into twelve languages, published across the globe.

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