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Volume 20


Nomad - Fall 2018


Verse

Written by
Alka Roy

Born in Ranchi, India, Alka Roy lives in the Bay Area. Her works have appeared in Juked, Alhamra Review, Del Sol Review, The Flying Island, Khabar, Linen Weave, NUVO, Passages North, Phoebe, and Wire Sandwich, including translations in the anthologies Modern Poetry of Pakistan (Dalkey Archive Press, 2011) and Role of Translations in Nation Building (2013). Alka has also been involved in theater projects with 7 Stages, Emory University, and Working Title Playwrights’ 24-Hour Plays. She is a technology director, dancer, and performance artist, and holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Notre Dame and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College.

        
      
       
            
              

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Two Women


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two women in black
burqas from head to toe

on a sunny afternoon
in Decatur, Georgia

an old couple they pass on the sidewalk
cautiously lick their coffee spoons

cars hit on brakes
dogs bark, yank on their leashes

I keep walking behind the women
in the air—

there is a disturbance
 
Alka Roy

“Untitled” by Zainab Zulfiqar. 2018. Digital Photograph.

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