First Place: K. Vaghela
How does one mourn
a not-dead, a once-here-but
not here?
How does one mourn
a not-dead, a once-here-but
not here?
I make an offering,
mango crescents,
powdered moon,
dipped one in dusk,
Songs of morning doves
revealed during the lockdown.
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