Jazzy Sighs
- Kushal Poddar (India)
The wraith of her husband
In his navy blue blazer,
All of the cloth sags;
To the music by Ella Fitzgerald
She sways in promenade position,
Unlocks memory’s ballroom dance lessons.
Night train crosses the bridge. Hail
Emptiness.
She wets her finger on her tongue
And touches her forehead, breasts and
The space between the ribcage with its tip.
From my apartment window French
I see the navy blue blazer fall as she opens
her hands.