It’s a Monday
Sabbath day was done
We rolled over
From a day of rest
Into a week of traffic and toll tax
A gray winter’s Sunday
Could have been compensated
With kisses
That smelt of sunshine
And melted like butter
On an extra-large tub of popcorn
Inside a full theatre
An entire Sunday
Of potential
We could have opened
And shut
Without factory timings to clock
Yesterday
An entire afternoon spread itself
To make love
We did the laundry instead
About the Poet
Vandana Kumar is a French teacher, translator, recruitment consultant, Indie Film Producer, cinephile and poet residing in New Delhi, India. Her poems have been published in national and international websites, journals and anthologies of repute. Her cinema articles appear regularly in
‘Just-cinema’ and ‘The Daily Eye’. She was a jury member for the ‘All India Poetry Competition’ organized by ‘Cocoa-Butter’ and also co-edited their debut print anthology that resulted from this competition. Her debut collection of poems ‘Mannequin Of Our Times’ was published in February 2023. The book has been awarded The Panorama International Book Award 2023.