# The Size of Dinner Plates

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2022/07/26/the-size-of-dinner-plates/
- Published: 2022-07-26T21:39:17+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author: **Syna Majumder[⌊A sample cover of the book: aquamarine coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Size-of-Dinner-Plates.jpeg)
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Pages:** 116 **Year of Publication:** 2022 **Price:** Rs 450 **ISBN:** 978-81-956648-
1-8 (9788195664818)

_**About the Author**_
 Syna Majumder uses her life as a student to write about 
everything stretching out in the future. Her work has won competitions as well as
been published in various online literary journals.

_**Teaser**_

_nine lives ≠ immortality_

my face looks like a smashed apricot
 my hands flabby failures the skin around my
nails torn raw as if i’m a hungry girl

i’m far from that.

i feed myself on imported signals
 words that leave as soon as i do pictures that
i could touch if i weren’t a coward.

my insignificance, that’s my last boss
 glaring at me from my posters my framed 
pictures, my closet hanging open with everything inside.

i’m not hungry. if i were
 i wouldn’t be here. if i were i wouldn’t keep my russian
roulette on.

landing on your feet doesn’t mean
 you’ll never bleed out, doesn’t mean you’ll never
be origami-folded up in a washroom deciding whether to blot yourself out, doesn’t
mean you’ll never feel air going in and out and feel you’d be so much better without
it.

i will scream myself hoarse
 but there will be a time when i am nothing and you 
are the opposite and i will keep my chin up even if it breaks my neck.

_**Contents**_
 58 poems spread across 4 sections