ROMANCE Poem: Expanse, by Anant Dhavale

And I say, and you say
Let’s fill it up! fill it up, this

Endless white
Expanse between us
The chasm of sadness. Life threw a curious one:

Dark gray Manhattan alleys
Scattered shades of
Quiet June trees

Caught in the undertow, a
Deep yearning
Unravels.

Unrepentance can be a stark
Yellow cab
Abandoned for the night

Sunburnt city, the Gotham
Of our times.

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Anant Dhavale