Month: October 2025
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the morning i watered the plant
i didn’t think much of itjust poured what was left in the glassonto that dusty stemthat hadn’t bloomed in two yearsit leaned, tiredlike it had decided silencewas easier than trying againi wiped the leaves with my shirttold it,“you still here, huh?”and went on making coffeeby the time i came backone leaf had straightened itselflike somebody…
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Blue Ticks Blind
This could be fiction. Or maybe not. Perhaps it was stolen from a family WhatsApp group on a Deepavali day in 2025. No one knows who exported it, or why. Nothing really happens here. Only messages, forwards, fireworks, emojis, and noise. Family, fireworks, forwards… and backwards. Seen by all. Blue Ticks Blind. Vaidhya Family 💥🪔…
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light rehearses itself
we strike a matchagainst the edge of yesterday,and suddenly the dark forgets its name.this is the world rememberinghow to see itself.lamps lean forwardlike curious children,asking the night if it still believesin forgiveness.somewhere, a flame whispersinto another flame,and the air blushes,ashamed of its own silence.quietly, we lightwhat was always burning,beneath the soot of our forgetting.dear diwali,or…
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