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Backstory: My one sister is not a fan of my poetry. She pulped one of my books, The Eutony of Words (2018), and fashioned a Pergamon lamp out of it. The lamp is trying to be a cultural palimpsest: ancient echoes, medieval mystique, and 20th-century Americana—all wrapped in one object.

Art by Annabelle - September 2025

A Pergamon Lamp of my First Book

Malodorous paper pulp
poured into a drying frame –  
sheets of energy infused tradition
of my soul-drenched words.
The calligraphy unfolds 
on the origami shade – 
perspectives illuminated
by a Himalayan salt lamp.

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