food – SREYA

Places I’ve Blessed, well placed, place plate, tiny tiny book,

idli

Shut the door THUD My mother, my uncle and my grandmother turned to look at me.My mother asked, ‘Why are you panting, did you run?’ I stood there in shock, breathless, steaming My mother standing at the kitchen table, turned to her strippingleaves from the stalk, uncle sleeping on the sofa flipping channels, mother glanced… Continue reading idli

The Last Piece

Sound of laughter between many noises. It’s a pizza place. A pizza is slid onto a table seating two people. Their hands reach for the pieces. The pieces get over soon leaving few crusts behind. One last piece remains. There is a silence and their hands keep signalling each other to take the last piece,… Continue reading The Last Piece