To breathe

is to snort grief.

When one begins

to generate

the balm required

to repair it,

one is said to grow up.

When structures

are perfected

they self-start.

This is the onset

of  maturity.

SANJEEV SETHI

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SANJEEV SETHI is the author of three well-received books of poetry. His most recent collection is This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury, 2015). His poems are in venues around the world: Off the Coast, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, The Beatnik Cowboy, New English Review, Red Wolf Journal, The Blue Mountain Review, The Penwood Review, Squawk Back, The Five-Two, W.I.S.H. Press, The Aerogram, Easy Street, Mad Swirl, Zarf  Poetry, Your One Phone Call, Scarlet Leaf Review, The Ofi Press Magazine, Expound Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.