SEPTEMBER
You said you asked how much
the ox-eyes cost and that I answered
midnight.
That sounds right.
Summer in exchange for sleep. A different
peace.
Author’s Bio
Ayesha Chatterjee, born and raised in India, has lived in five countries on three continents. She is the author of two poetry collections, The Clarity of Distance, and Bottles and Bones. Her poems have appeared in The Moth (Ireland), Magma Poetry (UK), Exile Literary Quarterly (Canada), The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, and elsewhere, and have been translated into several languages. Chatterjee is a past president of the League of Canadian Poets. She lives in Toronto.
