Poetry, Kashi Bakshani
the prime minister
and a buddhist monk sat for
hot, chamomile tea.
the monk pulled a gun
from his robes, he shot at the
gaping minister
overcome by a
malefic psychosis or
perhaps—nirvana.
Via Encyclopedia Britannica: A disgruntled Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, shot the prime minister on Sept. 25, 1959, and he died the following day.
Kashi Bakshani is a South Asian writer and artist from New York City. Her poems have been published by Fifth Wheel Press, Gandy Dancer, and Midsummer Magazine, among others. Besides writing, her work extends to social activism, gallery exhibitions, and queer spaces. Find her work at https://k4shi.com/poetry
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