the radiator
is a noisy animal
growling in the corner
shaking with a feral heat
i wonder if it minds
being tied up here
instead of about
on the street
i bet it would rather
be wagging up a storm
while licking up the sun
in this most wintry weather
in fact, i bet
it would not regret
the house to itself
than play a pet
to these trembling fools
huddled together
drinking their soup
in their ugly ass sweaters
About the poet:
Priyadarshini Gogoi is a poet and writer from Assam, India. Her writing has been published on platforms such as The Shoreline Review, The Nether Quarterly, The LiveWire, etc. She is also the author of four children's picture books, with a couple more in the pipeline. Several children have told her that she’s cool. Sometimes she writes as @shinogogo