is still living a nomadic life
like cashmere wools free fly
between valleys
is such a headstrong
to be re-embodied in this
unforgiving world
& to see the gunshot wounds:
broken bones, gushing
blood of who shots a bullet
because a bullet also dies before
it kills; because the kiss of death
tastes tart on all the tongues
Palash Mahmud is a bilingual writer, book critic based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His poetry, literary reviews and criticisms appeared in Cordite Poetry Review, Active Muse, League of Poets, Superstition Review, The Punch Magazine, Kitaab, Ephemeral Elegies, The Bosphorus Review of Books, Poetry Potion Trouvaille Review, Poet’s Choice and forthcoming elsewhere. He reads & reviews for Sepia Quarterly.