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  • Some Sparrows
    Lately, I've been watching them, pecking
    furiously at the ground,
    21 lines, 2 comments
  • The President Is Up Before The Fruit Vendor
    The president is up before the fruit vendor
    and goes to bed after the bus driver.
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • The Day Of Vendors
    Before dawn I called for you,
    my poem, but you didn't come.
    33 lines, 1 comment
  • Window Washer
    It's always August.
    Before sunup
    37 lines
  • To The Child Dead In My Larynx
    Since morning I've been at a burial.
    I dressed this boy like an angel
    19 lines
  • The Arch Of The Sky Dream
    Swallows crown the afternoon.
    Your eyes reflected on a silver spoon
    72 lines
  • The Cloud Unfolding
    It starts with the picture of my grandfather,
    machinegunned in his car, Packard De Luxe, 1923.
    58 lines
  • Near an Air Force Base
    August. 105 in the shade.
    In a field we watch the bombers
    36 lines, 2 comments
  • This Is What Happened
    This is what happened:
    She refused to lean on my shoulder
    47 lines
  • Because
    I spilled the coins
    from my mouth and called it quits
    19 lines
  • Dear Son Letter
    Dear son I have to explain some things first of all I am not crazy but you would have me and the world belive otherwise insanity not even momentarily has ever i
    1 lines
  • Like The Earth
    My little one, you are finally
    here. So much like the earth,
    24 lines
  • Sunday
    Yesterday was Sunday. Your grandson
    stared at your feet and found
    19 lines
  • In Short
    Let's say that on the corner there is a man.
    That today his son spread out his arms
    22 lines
  • Summer
    Killed a gopher
    in my garden.
    32 lines
  • Autumn Postcards
    An arrowhead of birds heading South.
    On a Greyhound bus, field workers
    11 lines, 1 comment
  • E. Gives A Name
    Later, no one knew who named him.
    No one cared, and the name
    37 lines
  • I Will Tell You
    I will tell you, Alighieri,
    why yesterday you couldn't write.
    25 lines
  • Clouds
    At dawn
    they are
    25 lines
  • E. Is In Love
    What fire glows under her skirt! What
    sparrow is gnawing at his heart!
    23 lines
  • Autumn's End
    It begins when the TV mentions the name of my
    street,
    28 lines, 2 comments
  • E. Curses The Rich
    San Teodulo, give them vinegar when they thirst.
    Holy Peter, when they hunger, look the other
    17 lines
  • Cipriana
    There were trains that went in the tunnels
    and never came out. The eyes of horses
    24 lines
  • Entering A Life
    Once I was in love & I think I loved that girl
    much more than she loved me. Would I heal?
    125 lines
  • E. At The Zocalo
    At the small zocalo,
    sipping beer and bored:
    34 lines
  • All These Years
    the lord of Ravenna
    has been kind.
    20 lines, 2 comments
  • The Streets Held
    everyone all night
    and what flickered were not lights
    8 lines
  • Red
    One time
    the whole world wore red.
    16 lines, 2 comments
  • For Jaime Sabines
    Even God has called it a day.
    The streets of Tuxtla are empty
    29 lines, 2 comments
  • A Death In The Family
    I was off to Los Angeles to the burial of my cousin. The drive, as usual, was tedious, except for the sunset in the mountains and the stops to sip coffee from t
    10 lines
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