Ananya Kanai Shah, a finalist in Narrative’s Seventeenth Annual Poetry Contest, holds an MFA in Poetry from New York University and a BA in literary arts and applied math from Brown University. She lives in San Francisco.

A Posteriori

by Ananya Kanai Shah

Imagine: a peevish young woman plucking
at a mural. One scene at a time, no space
for the janissary who composed poetry

People on couch

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