Tishani Doshi, born in Madras, is a poet, novelist, and dancer. Her poetry collections include Countries of the Body, winner of the Forward Prize, and Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods (Copper Canyon Press, 2018). Her novel The Pleasure Seekers has been translated into several languages, and Small Days and Nights was a New York Times Bestsellers Editor’s Choice. She is a visiting professor of creative writing at New York University Abu Dhabi and lives in Tamil Nadu, India.

The Stormtroopers of My Country

by Tishani Doshi

The stormtroopers of my country love
their wives but are okay to burn
what needs to be burnt for the good
of the republic often doing so in brown
pleated shorts and cute black hats with sticks

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