Coeval
Sneha Subramanian Kanta
Animals under oceans
assimilate light
into their bodies
like dahlias veer
toward blue. Leafy
vestibules of early summer
slither into water
with an ice-like translucency.
How do we measure water
without husk? Metal plunges
into an ornate decadence
over misty coasts. A ghost
lurks inside the roof
where marigolds grow
in an eggshell bowl.
Prayer, or the condensation
of muffled breaths in unison.
Give a seed enough room
and it will sprout
flowerings anywhere.
assimilate light
into their bodies
like dahlias veer
toward blue. Leafy
vestibules of early summer
slither into water
with an ice-like translucency.
How do we measure water
without husk? Metal plunges
into an ornate decadence
over misty coasts. A ghost
lurks inside the roof
where marigolds grow
in an eggshell bowl.
Prayer, or the condensation
of muffled breaths in unison.
Give a seed enough room
and it will sprout
flowerings anywhere.
Sneha Subramanian Kanta is a writer from the Greater Toronto Area, Canada. She is the recipient of the inagural Vijay Nambisan Fellowship 2019 and the recipient of The Robert Hayden Scholarship 2021. She was the Charles Wallace Fellow writer-in-residence (2019-20) at The University of Stirling. She is the author of the chapbook Ghost Tracks (Louisiana Literature Press, 2020) and the founding editor of Parentheses Journal. Website: www.snehasubramaniankanta.com
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