My husband/ my son/ my brother
is in the navy
And I, a proud Indian woman,
am content with a spot on TV
They forgot to mention
my father/ father-in-law/ uncle/ nephew
son-in-law/ brother-in-law
They forgot how they should be
in the navy too
Even my neutered dog or tom-cat may wear
white uniforms, white caps
I wonder how navy blue even suits women
or how old navy makes lady clothes
The only white I get to wear
is when a man dies
martyred, for the sake of god and country
which are perhaps his only
to defend and love
All I can muster is passivity
and a stoic shade of nude make-up
On TV, endorsing
a man who used to be in the navy.
2016.
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