PARICH-CHEDAYAK: SANJANA HATTOTUWA

All letters sent
Dutifully
Carry a line or two of a
Weather-report.

They say I'm going home.

Note: Parich-chedayak in Sinhalese means a chapter - in the literary
sense or a chapter in one's life. It gives us a sense of closure without
a sense of finality. Parich-chedayak does not have a denouement, it is
part of a whole.

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Empty, not discontentedly
Days pass. Going back is,
Something to say, to her
And him ,them all
Difficult.

This heater warms the room
And then goes out, uncaring
Two speed element. She requires
Constant attention.

I can't ,should I?
Leave

Chapati clocks of three years,
I am not now as once I was.

Away from the red paan, mystics and cave-eyes,
Now I go.
To weather-lined letters,