'Erasure': A poem by Nabina Das, read by the author

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Erasure (A poem by Nabina Das, from 'Sanskarnama: Poetry for our times', read by the author) Take an eraser. See the damage in the name of corrections. A swipe to unthinkingness. Take a white page. Slowly blow out the black letters – some anyway hang by their cursive tendrils – from the whiteness. A little green a little torn. I’m talking of books and histories our heads full of winter’s tales. I’m talking of children’s faces that have forgotten our justice songs. Take the darkest ink and blot the days Take a pinch of our existence and see how erasure becomes a norm *** For more on the collection and the poet, go to: himalmag.com