horlicks

Seema Salman 1974 (Hyderabad)



Peek into my oven
 tared by smoke and soot
scrape it with a wash cloth
And be merry
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Written on September 22, 2023

Submitted by aliseema10.poem on September 22, 2023

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Characters 83
Words 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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