ink dark moon
thumbing through the pages
of another’s mind — RK
what use to magnify
the ant that just bit me — LI
as if
the world could end
her first zit — RK
circling
the scarecrow’s
black turban — LI
the boom in his laughter
stilling the room — RK
dressed as Santa
dad opens
his sack — LI
— Robert Kingston, UK / Lakshmi Iyer, India