christmas at dawn crows wake the dead and curse the living
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).
bodies gathered to witness the transmogrification of grey
if you haven’t noticed life streams from the warm tendon
touch is the breath of flesh
bodies at the seabed wrestling with cold currents
a ray of light makes its way down to the deep blue
act 3: mothers burning flags in their backyards winter
act 2: every unauthorized action is an act of resistance
act 1: showing a handful of soil to immigration authortities
parley between the tender flesh and cold voices