Pretension

Alina Sangraula

Alina Sangraula

You swim 

into the pond 

of my eyes 

shamelessly 

and 

pretend that 

you have an accident 

at my eyelashes 

that

flood you away.

At the moment,

eyelashes;

the excuses for your pretension

have started to disappear.

Translated by: Nirmala Sapkota Prasai