Torqued Ellipse
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Gurupreet K. Khalsa
Tortured, elliptical wheel of time,
bucking along in its rut, a torqued, heavy oval
plunging in lurching cadences,
leaps or drags in its passage,
picks up debris, lives, memories,
flings fragments into shadows.
A child feels the groaning
of weighted hours or days.
A mother clings to slow rotation,
desperation her confidante,
memories halved and truant.
An elder, wise to the rut,
steps aside to catch
scattered debris, snare a shard
for lonesome moments.
Gurupreet K. Khalsa
Gurupreet K. Khalsa is a current resident of Mobile, Alabama, having lived previously in Ohio, Washington State, India, New Mexico, and California. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and is a part time instructor in graduate education programs. Her work has appeared in The Poet, TL;DR Press, New York Quarterly, Far Side Review, Necro Productions, IHRAF Publishers, Aurora Journal, Last Leaves, Delta Poetry Review, Ricochet Review, Pure Slush, and other online and print publications. Several poems have won awards. She lives with her husband of a billion years, and a sweet cat.
