Poetry, Ronita Chattopadhyay
Burnt vegetables and spilled milk or what I will miss when you are gone
and, yes,
extra sweet tea
because you have always refused
to believe in spoons and
used your unaided hands
for measuring everything
and misplaced items
that would turn up
in the most unexpected places
like your spectacles in the fridge
and your ability to sew,
to patch up things
that seemed irredeemably torn
and your smile and your face
and your touch.
Ronita Chattopadhyay (she/her) is an Indian poet and writer. Her micro chapbook Preparing to be Wrecked has been published as part of an anthology (Grieving Hope) by Emerge Literary Journal. Her work has also appeared in The Hooghly Review, Akéwì Magazine, streetcake magazine, Porch Lit Magazine, FemAsia, among others, and anthologies by Querencia Press, Sídhe Press, Rough Diamond Poetry and Bare Bones. She loves mountains, books, music and tea. Socials: ronita.bsky.social (Bluesky) ronita_c (Twitter/X)
