Arya Mohapatra
The painter
Now asks
If I mind leaving
His paint boxes alone
And stop smearing my little hand
Across his new canvas
Ink streaks all over
Messy
I smile and wipe my fingers on my
Pants
And walk away
And look at his colours
Behind the curtain
Arya Mohapatra is a thirteen year old teenager of Bhubaneswar, India. A slam poet, she has performed her poetry regularly and has won the third place in the Rabindranath Tagore Awards 2020. Illustrated by VR Ragesh, noted cartoonist from Kerala.
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