Victoria by Adiba Jaigirdar
Victoria, forgive yourself You spent years in the darkness windows closed, doors locked shut. Alone, you bled as each mistake seared your skin for eternity. We never learnt to say ‘No, Stop.’…
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Adiba Jaigirdar
Writing by Adiba Jaigirdar published in Dual Coast Magazine. 3 pieces from the archive, free to read.
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Paper Boats by Adiba Jaigirdar
Spent my childhood with the paper boats in the rain and returned home soaked to my bare bones, chilled to my fragile core. Some days I shouted ‘achoo’ into the empty halls…
Epidemic by Adiba Jaigirdar
You gave me mouth-to-mouth poison: diffused slow and sweet through each bone nestled in joints a black heart of black cobwebs, every disease in this bloody world spread head to toe, my…