Ashwini Gangal: Dystopia Is Today/Already There
Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/sybO0dQ8hTw) 15.05.2022. The 2020 Plague First Wave: India The pandemic is getting over,
The virus is almost gone
Then why do sirens shriek
Along with the crows at dawn?
The news cycle is exhausting,
Let’s switch to movies or sport
Never mind the daily death toll
Let’s have a glass of port
But denial goes only this far
(As far as a metre or two)
Beyond that there’s an abyss…
…that’s patiently waiting for you
No frien
