Category: Issue 2 Poetry
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Sisyphus Cannot Smile All the Time
There are days I kiss my boulder and leave bloody prints of my love on it. The boulder is rough, but my lips are…
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Putrid Smoke
the sky’s the colour of canned salmon when i see that you’ve posted a poem for the first time since our last text exchange…
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Buenos Aires Blues
Translations to best understand the poem: Diarios = newspapers Revistas = magazines Boliches = little kiosks that sell food the airport kiosk has lied…
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The Prayer of a Sinner
Oh my god, Forgive the blood on my hands, Forgive the blood on my lips. I am tainted—oh my god, I didn’t write “God”…
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Ancestral Song
I am not happy in this church My mother prays for a miracle Day by day with the same mundane cry As her voice…
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Please Hold
please press ‘0’ if you wish to speak to an underpaid clerk who is studying philosophy part time please be careful please have a…
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Battleground
We are torn and ripped apart until all that’s left is husk and shell on the floor of existence the memories of what we…
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Spring
A tear trickles down a glacier, Growing the grass and my hope. I fell in love with spring When it melted bitterness and frost,…
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Roommate
The ethereal tenant Is surprisingly friendly, Opening doors and windows When they find it too warm In the middle of January; Making sure I…