Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Mitali Chakravarty

Imagine… 


If fishes were to fly 

in the sky, and stars 

were to twinkle

on the grass below,

how would it be? 


Forget the science 

where stars are 

aflame and huge. 

Imagine they’re tiny, 

twinkle to Mozart’s 

tune and glimmer 

in the grass like 

festive fairy lights. 


And the fishes? 

They’d glow 

rainbow hues 

of psychedelic 

shades. Imagine 

the brightness 

exuded by the 

shimmer of the 

gleaming tints! 


If we could fly 

instead of swim 

among fishes, 

sprout wings 

like butterflies, 

then how would 

it be? Perhaps, 

we’d be in a new 

universe — living 

out a different dream.

Just open your minds 

and imagine…



Axolotl 


Did you know? 

Axolotls are not fish! 

They are salamanders 

swimming with fins! 


That day, I met an axolotl 

in an aquarium gazing 

at me and wondering, 

‘What’s this creature?’ 


I waved and smiled. 

The axolotl looked 

surprised! It moved 

closer to the far-wall. 


In the axolotl’s universe, 

I’d probably be a 

giant alien from 

a strange galaxy! 



Evolution 


The world changed 

over time. In 9009 CE, 

I met a talking fish 

during my evening walk. 


We chatted of this 

and that in gibf, 

the language of

universal fish-talk. 


The reason I learnt 

gibf is because I’ve 

a new set of gills. 

I am amphibious now. 


As I whirl back in 

this old Time Machine,

I realize, how absurd 

this may seem in the 

primitive world of 2026! 



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