November 2020
Moinak Dutta
moinakdutta@yahoo.co.in
Bio Note: Hi, I am published poet and fiction writer with two literary fictions to my credit namely Online@offline and In search of la radice. Many of my poems and short stories have found their way into various dailies, journals and magazines. I live at Kolkata with my son, wife and a pet dog.

Surviving a Pandemic

Surviving this Covid 19 pandemic
Is like learning how to live away from love
I could see her twice a day through smoked glass 
And place my palm on the cold smooth surface of it
Only to imagine her palm on the opposite side, 

No physical touch.
©2020 Moinak Dutta
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