& when you come back I will garland,
I will wreath, I will carnation, I will
braid gendhekaphool thick & globular,
I will inflorescence, I will faith, I will
doveaglecrow, my mouth will form the
words you tell me, I will blossom crêpe
paper jasmine delicate & jagged, you
will flush greater flamingo whitepink,
we will unearth with our pinnate hands
letting the soil imbibe & absorb into
frondfingers, I will not bury something,
I will not bury something, & I will not
bury something.
Arya Vishin is a mixed Kashmiri-American & Jewish writer from San Jose, California. He is currently studying English & South Asian Studies @ UC Berkeley. He can be found on Twitter @thewodensfang.