One can buy someone’s bairn,
collect a kidney or chew a cherry.
That is one advantage of indigence.
It ensures availability.
Let this hierarchy of hawking
not puff you any further.
We are all on the rack.
Sanjeev Sethi is the author of two well-received books of poetry, Suddenly For Someone (Atma Ram & Sons, Delhi, 1988) and Nine Summers Later (Har-Anand, New Delhi, 1997). Born in 1962, he has, at different phases of his career, written for newspapers, magazines, and journals. He has also produced radio and television programs.
Sanjeev’s poems have found a home in The London Magazine, Poetry Australia, 3 Quarks Daily, Indian Literature, Journal of the Poetry Society (India), PEN India, Literature Alive, Journal of the British Council (India), Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd Centenary Souvenir, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai.
