the pile

is ,a n it ch c rate ,tan

ta minimierda en la cor

onta ,engastada ,pus

ilánime ,my ask scratch

,the ton bow lumbers on my

shoulders ,embraced ,was

luggage-shook ,or loot

,chucked out the window

where I’m left ,clutching the

cob ,your dusty rings falling

from the table ,like a

lurker in the curtain ,or

yr sombra ashed ,what

grime it is ,a luncheon

squabbled in the grimy

throat ,what st icks

,and swallows your ex

planation

Un verso, un día son la misma cosa

si nacés en movimiento.

- Roxana Páez

  

the chew

souhaite ,the thorn lac

ustre ,formalín inen

fático ,uh “I” ,)said(

intowelence defactoed

,your shutty slake’s

long steep boiling  .in

haptic ,defocaled, rut

inario-like et je el sordo

suis  .pages burn on the

steps ,or ladder rattling up

the pirámide 4^th   ))where a

face convects a face

convexed ,its sha dow

how ler ,your tongue

in the sandwich folded ,b b

b listers and((  bloody socks

...la cabeza en un enjambre de insectos.

- Roxana Páez

aguado

change cloud ,mort

er got the loaf

,offal ,aim yr ,nug

gut  ]door[  re

leased the dim mer

sw itch ,rain fauce

t ,c limb the with

ered st airs ,yr

forkless lip divis

ion’s but ,dog lot

,the bricks are falling

)yr grunting shoe(

L L  L   L    L     L            

and blow the other

way  .inside the

flat low lake

...cállate, pues.

- Don de Ziego

  

los sentidos

lake laundry watch de

habitation the empty

hands yr stone’s vom

it’s yr pocket’s cloud

,an en try esc apes ,yr

armpit than a dumpster

cleaner ,than a pizza

box dancing with ‘ ’flies ‘ ’ ’

,where the alley ends ,or

starts ,where the angle

of light’s ,reversed ,in

3 directions ,the 4^th and

5^th turning slowly on a

,dime ,aire ,¿vaciarme

no puedes?

a hora y nu nca más

Tiene lo que los chinos llaman li,

es decir, conducta de orientación cósmica...

- José Lezama Lima