At the Time of Partition by Moniza Alvi

Author:Moniza Alvi [Moniza Alvi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780371191
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: 2014-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Her temporary home, precarious

yet somehow enduring.

Ludhiana, a lifetime away.

Lahore, just out of reach.

Ragged ocean.

Oh to sail to the other side!

Where would they end up? And when?

And with what?

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She washed fine-spun salwars,

hung them to dry wherever she could.

Queued for a bowl of flour,

two part-countries inside her.

Rahila, Jamila, Shehana

quarrelled in the cramped shelter,

or under the canopy of a walnut tree.

Carried water, swept the ground.

Cleaned their nails with twigs

to pass the time.

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