it’s like a raspberry tart that
……fell.
mom should bake more & amma used to make milk cakes & i miss those.

small cherry centre, uneven white base;
mom’s red velvet cupcakes!

should i step on it?
the grey things now look like cookie crumbs–
i’ll ask mom to make me a shake tonight
she’ll like it
she’ll scold me
she’ll like it–
i should step on it.

so cute this sweet thing on the cement
MG Road from where our blue Audi RS Q8 goes.

dad should be back in an hour.
maybe when he comes, Michelin’s newest tires
………………….will bring home some of this dead pigeon.

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Devarya Singhania (he/him) is a writer from India. His poems appear in Poems India, UC Review, and elsewhere. His website is https://www.devaryasinghania.com/