I watch with my lips sealed
Watch each girl burn
burn the stains
of Predators’
Hands
till their life is done
I watch with my ears closed
Watch rancid hands
leap and lustfully
Immolate last
night’s Fun
Clear the mess. The job is done.
Unemployed, porn-ridden mobiles watch,
watch with closed eyes the horror,
horror of a life violated,
absolved with age-old
rituals that steeped
in patriarchy,
justify Lust.
Lust that Gandhi fasted to dust?
I watch with my eyes closed
Watch gross lurid fingers unravel
the hate, the bestiality—
Weeping women wipe
your wails, Rise
Rise with
the power of whipping winds
Like Kali come forth dripping blood
Seal the fate of those giving in to lust.
Ca Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat
Ca Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat
Ca Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat*
*Part of a Hindu mantra invoking the blessings of Kali, the dark feminine force that destroys demons.
Mitali Chakravarty is a writer and the founding editor of Borderless Journal.
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