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Aquí confluimos hacia la única estrella.
Volquémonos amado mío,
dejemos caer los remos
hasta donde la noche…
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“No wound hurts”

By Irma Pineda
Translated By Wendy Call
No wound hurts
like the silence
of those who watch our flesh sliced open
             listen, resigned, to the crunch of bones
and to show that they care
mop up the spilled blood
so that it won’t dirty the dawn
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