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Nov/Dec 2019 • Vol. XLI No. 6 • Poetry |

Messages from Medellín

I recorded the noise on my phone so
that you can hear it when I get home.

It seems to be coming from
everywhere and nowhere, as

if the papered walls of this

hotel room are just a set piece.

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