The First

By Rachna Vemireddy

2020 Winter Showcase Poetry Award Winner

 

What does it mean to be the first?

Is it a successful swing at a pinata

Releasing prisoned opportunities

Or is it merely a shooting star

Mesmerizing but fleeting

 

Incense in the northeast corner and the

Rumbling of Sanskrit,

Clouds of idli and the kick of sambar

Are merely quotidian Saturday traffic

 

Interrupted by the smashing of the rainbow unicorn

‏­    First Female

‌                       First Black

‍       First Indian

Red, white, and blue

Now mean something new

 

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Bio:

Rachna Vemireddy is a Genetics major minoring in Religion and is from Edison, NJ. She will be graduating in May 2021 and will be attending medical school this fall.