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Where Will the Next One Come From?
Where Will the Next One Come From? - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
'Where Will the Next One Come From': by 'next one' is meant the next poem
Where Will the Next One Come From?
The next one will come from the air
It will be an overripe pumpkin
It will be the missing shoe
The next one will climb down
From the tree
When I’m asleep
The next one I will have to sow
For the next one I will have
To walk in the rain
The next one I shall not write
It will rise like bread
It will be the curse coming home
from Distance in Statute Miles (Clearing House, 1982), © Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 1982, used by permission of the author.