a square plus b square equals c square | Samina Hadi-Tabassum

Twin A needs to be fed
Twin B needs to be changed

Twin A needs to be burped
Twin B needs to be washed

Twin A needs to be swaddled
Twin B needs to be swung

Twin A needs to be watched
Twin B needs to be sung

Twin A needs to be clipped
Twin B needs to be pruned

Twin A needs to be oiled
Twin B needs to be powdered

Twin A needs to be wheeled
Twin B needs to be coddled

In the waking hour
I lie still on the sofa
Algebraically all spent
Waiting to cross the diagonal line again

Indian Review | Author Profile | Samina Hadi-Tabassum is a professor at Dominican University.She has published poems in East Lit Magazine and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

 Samina Hadi-Tabassum is a professor at Dominican University.She has published poems in East Lit Magazine and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.