Writer in another town
With a mundane syllable choice, the mouth
ordered a cup of cappuccino—
no sugar, no cinnamon, non-fat milk. Nothing
out of the ordinary like pink
polka dots on Maya’s dress
stained with tomatoes.
But the clouds of tedium dissipated
once the beverage touched
my lips. The mind flooded
with a stream of downpour—
words sailed, pen swam, ideas fluttered,
like fireflies in a jar flying, through
sheets of paper, challenging
the blunt edges to cut through the day.
Same coffee, same recipe, same block.
But I forget, a writer is a different person
on a holiday.
Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com) is a multi-genre writer and marketing professional living in New York City. She is the author of upcoming chapbook of poetry from Modern History press titled “Kaleidoscope: An Asian Journey of Colors.” Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in several literary journals and anthologies across the US, UK, Canada, and India. She is a graduate of Columbia University in New York.
With a mundane syllable choice, the mouth
ordered a cup of cappuccino—
no sugar, no cinnamon, non-fat milk. Nothing
out of the ordinary like pink
polka dots on Maya’s dress
stained with tomatoes.
But the clouds of tedium dissipated
once the beverage touched
my lips. The mind flooded
with a stream of downpour—
words sailed, pen swam, ideas fluttered,
like fireflies in a jar flying, through
sheets of paper, challenging
the blunt edges to cut through the day.
Same coffee, same recipe, same block.
But I forget, a writer is a different person
on a holiday.
Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com) is a multi-genre writer and marketing professional living in New York City. She is the author of upcoming chapbook of poetry from Modern History press titled “Kaleidoscope: An Asian Journey of Colors.” Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in several literary journals and anthologies across the US, UK, Canada, and India. She is a graduate of Columbia University in New York.
