Sreedhar Vinnakota is a theoretical physicist and a writer from Chennai, India. His works have been published, or are forthcoming, in One Sentence Poems, Shot Glass Journal, Right Hand Pointing, Triggerfish Critical Review, The Hindu, and The Backlash Press.

Sreedhar Vinnakota

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Duty

She has no time
to reflect or ruminate
hurtling through life
at break-neck speed.

Stop not
the juggernaut
hop on and hop off
if you wish

but hang in there
to bring her home
when she's run
out of steam.