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Gedicht

Manushya Puthiran

Knowing Directions

All gratitude
and return favours
do demean you a little.

Henceforth
I shall leave all your gifts
on the floor
like wet puppies
to find
their own directions.

KNOWING DIRECTIONS

Manushya  Puthiran

Manushya Puthiran

(India, 1968)

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KNOWING DIRECTIONS

Knowing Directions

All gratitude
and return favours
do demean you a little.

Henceforth
I shall leave all your gifts
on the floor
like wet puppies
to find
their own directions.
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