Page 26 - October 2020

My Bag

Paulami Sengupta

A song for my shoulders

to help me muscle down the subway
without pushing strangers,
my bag
has baggage of other bags
and places I traveled with them.

Then there are always exits planned.
In case of a tremor, a riot, or a tear,
I will grab this womb of documents.
and run.

Paulami Sengupta is a
publishing professional
based in Kolkata. Her
poems (in English and
Bangla) and translations
have been published
in Kabi Sammelan, Indian
Literature, Cold Noon,
and The Sunflower Literary
Collective.