summa iru
Winter 2026 | Poetry
[poikkal kuthirai*]
i blindfold my ma to the terrace
and ta da!
the soda cap shines on the night sky
and ta da! it doesn't disappear
what else
did she expect from a failed magician
*Tamil for a ‘horse with fake legs,’ poikkal kuthirai is a folk-dance form in Tamil culture in which the artist dresses up as a horse dummy
summa iru happened when the poet came across Rilke's Book of Hours. The rest, as they say, is a dog whistle.