A Trunk Call, Colombo
We learned to say trunk calls,
long-distance minutes with
the lost boy or uncle in England,
mufflered, sharing a bed
and hot-water bottle with a girl
from Southampton, or Leeds...
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‘A Trunk Call, Colombo’ is included in Capitals, edited by Abhay K. and published by Bloomsbury India. The anthology includes a poem on every capital city in the world.
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