"boast of quietness" by Debasis Mukhopadhyay

boast of quietness

how sweetly i'm a consolation

bursts
of merlot clouds

lapping against
the stillness of
i miss you
between your tilted breasts


sequins of words
in bloodletting
vials

turning a slow circle of
remembrance
sunsets are long enough
for a boast of quietness


i'm a consolation
in bloom
in your life

like a breeze
through semblance into dust

___

7/12/2024

Debasis Mukhopadhyay is the author of the chapbook kyrie eleison or all robins taken out of context. His poems have appeared in International Times, Stride, The Honest Ulsterman, Posit, Erbacce, I am not a silent poet, The Skinny Poetry Journal and elsewhere. Debasis lives & writes in Montreal, Canada.