Let Us (or the Invocation of Smoke)

Let us (or the invocation of smoke) by Shehzar Doja is a mysterious and ethereal pamphlet. The words patter inexplicably onto the page like a tiger dreaming of snow. Through these meditative poems Doja shows a deep engagement with craft, realizing "in that primordial amniotic /we never were / when we were." His masterful wordplay curls like smoke rising from an extinguished candle.