UnfortunatelyLit By Jasmine Kaur
there
versions
and lately
keep
they were
s l o w l y
up
towards
when
box
surely
open
are
collidingintoeachother
atoms
b u r s t
many///
of me
they
as if
in a box
building
pressure
a day
this
will
and when it does, perhaps
there’s be fireworks
fuelled
by
my
body
visible for a hot second
before bleeding into eternity
or perhaps when the box opens
there’d be nothing
left
to see.
Jasmine Kaur (she/her) is a queer writer/artist from Punjab, India, though currently living in Sri Lanka. She likes to surround herself with stories and poetics in any medium, including audio, video, still images, and performance. She tends to be weird like other normal abnormal normal people and enjoys pretending that she’s very self-aware. She’s currently a Masters in Philosophy at Delhi University. You can find parts of her on the internet on her website, on Twitter @trying0000, and on Instagram @jasmineismeltingintosummer.
Why we chose this piece: We love how Jasmine plays with form in her poetry and uses it to reflect her point. The tension and payoff in the form of an explosion (or potential lack thereof) are fantastic. The tone carries an intensity coupled with ambivalence that we find very powerful.
