Stump
Location
My left hand feels
amputated
without your pelvis
I can’t type properly
it,
my left hand,
stayed there
by your side
tracing the stretch marks on your belly
floating up and down
like a child-in-womb
as it swells and contracts
in your sleep
when a female NGO officer
hands me the NDA
it drops dead to the floor
from the contours of my handless sleeve
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