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these wheels to infinity
sing on asphalt that was
embedded in celestial swamp
and deadly mangrove roots
point ominously
to a spotless sky
that has burned away breathing rights

three four cows
and their shadows cling
to siren song
basement cuisine in Lily Wong
those were the days
when whiskey did
what pictures of distant stars
promise in primrose books
about pumpkin wars

this light shines cold
and no return
on goods once sold

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Ashok Niyogi is an Economics graduate from Presidency College, Calcutta, India. He made a career as an International Trader and has lived and worked in the Soviet Union, Europe and South East Asia in the ‘80s and ‘90s. At 52, he has been retired for some years and has been cashew farming, writing and traveling. He divides time between California, where his daughters live, Delhi, Goa on the Arabian sea, and the Indian Himalayas. He has published a book of poems, Tentatively, and has been extensively published in print and on-line magazines and in Chapbook form in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Turkey, Canada and Hong Kong.

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