Kannada original: ರೂಪಾಂತರ Roopantara
Poet: SUBRAYA CHOKKADY
Translated into English by S. Jayasrinivasa Rao
shapeshifting
that yellow butterfly
fluttered and flew
and sought and found
a yellow flower
and gave a buzz
some sort of hush-hush pact
a moment’s quiet, deep thought
and then – and then this –
the flower flew away
as a yellow butterfly
the butterfly stayed on
as a yellow flower
on the plant
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