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Sitting on my lap
A thin muddy road
echoes my childhood days
traveling one by one into my shady mind
pieces of fragmented memories
click back 
some songs of cowherd boys
burdened with loss and hunger, 

I see the rhythm of bihu dance 
with the blooming wild orchid
on our smiling curly hair
under an ancient fruit bearing tree
I hear the sad tune of a lullaby
looming on the air of full moon night

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Prarthana Gogoi is a writer from Assam, a state of India known for its rich tea heritage and biodiversity. She writes nonfiction on various socio-cultural themes, exploring Assam’s rich cultural diversity. She is a teacher, a mother, and a coordinator of Uplift Libraries. She passionately works to inculcate reading habits among rural students. She can be reached at prarthanagogoi269@gmail.com.