Heat

Its guest-writer time. Kanika Raj and Jason Menezes have brought us a heat wave. Read and melt.

P.S. It also happens to be Kanika's birthday so raise your shot glasses and join us as we wish her. Happy Birthday!!

two eyes, two ears,   two hands, two feet-   and yet   the same make    doesn't guarantee repeats   Alladin's rusted lamp produced    a very different kind of heat.         - Jason

That melted drop of icecream,   Trickling down your thumb,   That you lick off   Before it falls   Or   That little drop of sweat,   Following your spine,   That meets his hands   On their way up   All you need is a little heat.   - Kanika

Moon

the next time   you try   to touch me   in the dark   i will slit your throat   over a full moon   putting a big red signal    in the sky   for people like you   who just don't get the point.         - Jason

I watch   time go by   in the patterns she leaves   on your thigh.   Some nights she breaks you   In slivers.   Some nights in half   Or full.   And some nights    I    am the sky.   My moon obscure,    and my clouds    awry.   - Nikita

Open

If you get only one wish-   a four letter word   and an option   between two body parts,   which one would you choose   the legs or the heart.   - Jason

Like sunflowers,   all souls will unfold   only   in the light of their Sun.      - Nikita