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terrifying French documentary</p>\n<p>We dodge cardamom-bullets screaming out of paneer-dragon mouths<br />\nlike the recipe my mother frothed out over the phone, too pungent for your sister</p>\n<p>We whisper past treasures of diamond-sugar and pearl-milk <br />\nlike—<br />\nlike—</p>\n<p>Your text scalds me awake,<br />\nas warm and painfully bright as bedroom sunshine</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <em>\nBeen a while!<br />\nHow’s it going?<br />\nYou doing okay?\n</em></p>\n<p>You don’t remember the heists we dreamed.<br />\nI don’t remember the taste of your kiss.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">© 2025 Sharang Biswas </p>"}},"pageContext":{"id":"5b89d68c-e408-579b-8197-e0b8d8d4bf70"}},
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