From Scroll · Kamalakar Bhat · · 30s
Country's Teeth
Translated poems show how resistance teeth bite back.
In brief
Translated poems show how resistance teeth bite back. Translated poems describe a country's growing resistance through biting imagery. Originally reported by Scroll.
This Biting, This Violence
The Yellow Demon Butterfly nests shake when it arrives, hills tremble after it leaves.
The Country Has Grown Teeth
The country's roads, offices, railway stations, parks bare angry white teeth. Coins begin to bite.
Clattering Teeth
The teeth clatter a million scissors clicking together. They will dictate who holds hands and what colors children see.
What it means
Translated poems describe a country's growing resistance through biting imagery.
