i asked for coffee not morphine and that was how autumn began
Author: Elancharan இளஞ்சேரன்
Elancharan Gunasekaran is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He has a strange love for all things poetical and Sci-Fi. A winner of the Montblanc X Esquire Six-word Story prize 2017. His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press), Gods of the Gonzo (Analog Submission Press) and The Cosmosnaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks).
this morning’s darkness heavy on the eyes
glow of digital screens reveals the man in the wheelchair twitching as he wakes from programmed sleep
bodies scattered some dream and others stare at the concrete
memories of the forest and wild dogs howling how many moons have passed
the quietude of the autumn forest at this magnitude bathe the soul in green
the pigeon pacing back and forth between legs and butterflies in the gut
a pair of mynahs looking at the sky and cursing aloud
my storms sleep outside the door tonight the monsoon for company
tread light across a sea of bedsheets to meet you halfway
elancharan gunasekaran 