Disclaimer

by Shriram Sivaramakrishnan

in the event of a disaster, I want you to remember the Hopi word for unbalanced life. between ‘hard water' and 'soap bubbles,' always the latter just before a disaster. after a disaster, consider the Disclaimer printed on every pack of condoms. time is a condom. stretch it then shoo it away. to imagine a disaster, think of ‘bhopal,' wherein 1984 a gas leak at a local carbide plant killed more than 20000 people. Methyl isocyanate. used in the production of, among other things, rubbers, adhesives.

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Shriram Sivaramakrishnan is a 3rd-yr student at Boise State University's MFA program. His recent poems have appeared in DIAGRAM, Poetry Northwest among others. Shriram tweets at @shriiram.