Nostalgia
by Arjoyita Roy
(Durgapur, West Bengal, India)
He brought unbridled joy
To her fabric of paradise
He was a man of virtue and vice.
With eyes that claimed deceit
Howbeit to her heart it deemed fit?
She spurned to hold on to
Her rakish Romeo.
To chant a new tune
When autumn embarked
She traced the beauty of abdication
To let go off the vintage
To make way for
The cutting-edge
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