Black Milk Poem by Boudhayan Mukherjee

my ribs cut
by shadows
ribs unfleshed
the water stained
by blood
the water red
as mortal lust
of a stud bull
fear
gnaws my depths
a burst
of pain
shoots up
i cup
my breasts
in agony
the nipples
droop
ripples
of fear
group
around them
i see
darkness pooled
in my milk
vampires
suckling
black
milk




BLACK MILK is the title of my first book of English verse published by Writers Workshop, Calcutta in the year 1990.