
home 1
my home
is a shelter connecting two doors
my home
is between two doors
peek into it any way
and you’ll be looking out of a door
the sights from across will appear
but not my home

home 2
your home
is there
where the roads end
but since i
only want to walk on
then where would this end?
your home…

home 3
the homes of others
open to the inside
toward mysteries
it opens up these mysteries
in the cities
the homes of others are shelters of others
the homes of others
are homes of others

home 4
home
that we speak of – where are they
the speaking about home
is everyone’s own
no one speaks
about the homes of others
those that are spoken of
are not homes at all

home 5
home
i do not have one
i want a home
if there is light in the home
i do not worry
the home that is in the light
is what i seek
have you seen such a home?
if you have
then tell me the address
if you have not
then i can
still offer you my sympathy
as humans you and i
can now no longer live in homes
that are not in the light
but we
homeless can still
live in the sympathies
of each other
Rudrani Gangopadhyay is a doctoral candidate at the Program in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University. In her spare time, she translates, writes things that are not her dissertation, co-hosts a podcast on Bollywood, and compulsively gathers pop culture trivia.