Saturday, 1 November 2025

Poetry 2025 Longlist, Dhanisha Sateesh

 Metamorphosis

Clickety clacky sounds echo

Gaining momentum across the office floor

Interspersed with the occasional thumps and grunts,

The pumiced silence permeates through the sleek deco

A stark contrast to the raucous past,

Hands which held pencils and toys,

Now just have over-used thumbs

The sounds made by slap bracelets,

Replaced by loud mouse clicks and regrets

Legs adorned with battle scars,

Running along muddy roads

Now sit smooth and unblemished

On ergonomical chairs

The lungs that never gasped for breaths and

The voice that never got hoarse

Mock us now, that stair-climbing is a sport and

Passive aggressive debates happen only in the courts

The saddest of-course are the dreams

For, after having imagined infinity and beyond

They now just have to settle for the next highest post

Welcome to the Metamorphosis of the rat race - human folks!

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