kriya

By R. Suresh babu | Thiruvalla, Kerala, India

Past the hair pin bend there is a check post where the bus stops for a few minutes. The road then follows a straight line to the bustling town of Karkala. A troop of monkeys converge at this point begging for food. A passenger throws out an empty water bottle which an old hairy primate picks up to put in a recycle bin.

garbage pit
grasses sprout
from a baby diaper

*Kriya is a Sanskrit word where 'kri' means action and 'ya' is the atman or soul. Kriya means an action or effort involving the self.

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This piece has been published as part of the collection, Clouds in Paper.

Cover Image by Azmaan Baluch via Unsplash