Namit V. Shah

The very land of landfill lords
is alive;
A crude creature in itself,
The sizzling scrap and smoke
its skin
and the bubbling browny broth
its blood.

The landfill lords,
a hundred half living
dead dreaming skeletons,
churn and churn
and split apart
by the great crude
creature’s heavy heart.

The landfill lords
own everything
left unowned,
and digging by
their destined graves
still search
for something shiny
in their worldfuls of dirt.

NAMIT V. SHAH, from Ahmedabad, India, has been writing poetry almost five years now. Some of his poems have been featured on online poetry sites such as ‘PoetrySoup’ and ‘HelloPoetry.’ His poems apply an acerbic approach towards expression and exude a certain sense of brevity, all the while remaining visually engaging.