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Sept/Oct 2020 • Vol. XLII No. 5 • All of This Is True |

o aberto / the open

rega as violetas com a chuva
que se infiltrou pela moldura
da janela — uma pequena devoção — e
espana o inverno da murcha; deixa
a morte no chão. sente o calor
bafejante, o húmido sob
dedos; enfé a flor para criar
raízes, deixa o oco irromper
em vivo, ou quase.

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water the violets with the rain
that seeped through the window
frame — a small devotion — and
dust the winter from wilt; leave
the death on the floor. feel the
fanning heat, the moist under
fingers; faith the bloom to make
roots, let the hollow erupt into
living, or nearly.

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