corriander chili garlic pomfret

turqoise coloured rooftops

powdered with

that wild wash

of bubble white

and

under

this liquid horizon

the

crazed

swishing zoom

and

then

fresh netted

they land

banging

and applauding

the boat decks

and now

sauteed

with

pungent

garlic

and

sweet

onions

and

dusty

corriander

and

liquid

red

chili

all

simmering

stirred

merged

hinting

of thyme


and

now

wafting

with

spice
and caramelized

dimpling

a fragrant hillock of steamed rice