Meetra Javed is a Pakistani American poet, writer, and multidisciplinary artist who also works for a creative agency. She has been accepted to the Yale Writers Conference, Bound Writers Retreat, John Ashbery’s the Home School, and published in several zines. She is currently in the process of editing her first full-length poetry book, Standard Deviation, and is working on her first screenplay.
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The Beginning
Mother gave birth during an earthquake.
She screamed, Mera bucha – my child.
Inhaling, exhaling, withdrawing – Mera bucha mere pai…