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coroner's report

the unidentified abandoned body in the back of the ambulance that’s headed to the police department belonged to a poet; a friend of mine. he used to write about everything— this is to say that there used to be an immense number of topics he only dreamed of learning before he decided to walk down 5 th avenue at 3 o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday. this is to say that the men who christened their knives unto his back didn’t care about his artform but cared deeply about the contents of his coat pockets. 

variations of a lie

this is where i tell you that the old man sitting in the train station is homeless and probably starving, asking to a nameless god to either save him or spare him the worst part of what he’s going through. // this is probably the moment where you realize that fiction is everywhere; a good lie is capable of dressing up right beneath our noses, masking itself from its spectators— making them believe that anything is still possible if we’re gullible enough to succumb to it.

pleasant scenes

yo quisiera levantarme y verte siempre. así, supongo, es cómo funcionan las películas donde los malos nunca tienen las de ganar por más que lo intenten.

A Few Birds that Sing

Quizás no hay una última vez sino un eterno retorno al mismo momento. Entran pues las infinidades y tal vez los nombres apropiadamente escritos y ordenados para cada cosa que compone lo presente. Hay un sinnúmero de objetos que nacen cuando los posicionas en un pensamiento concreto. El ejemplo perfecto para esto es la canción que tanto he añorado escribirte— la misma que incluye todas las variaciones de tu nombre. Y por si algún día me encuentras enajenado y sombrío- desearía entonces entregarte un cajón de ruidos apacibles para todos tus días, algo tan capaz como lo que nos separa, aquello que se omite, aquello que intenta ser algo más que una esperanza para algo propenso a cantar diariamente. (poema de  Sobre la Distancia)

footsie

Roberto siempre utiliza pantalones largos. tan largos, de hecho, que se podría decir que no solo le faltan piernas, sino las ganas de encontrarse en un mundo donde existan menos exhibicionistas.

Frank O'Hara (poem)

Ted Berrigan writes: " What seems genuine, truly real, is thinking of you, how that makes me feel. You are dead. And you’ll never write again about the country, that’s true. But the people in the sky really love to have dinner & to take a walk with you." Full text:  Frank O'Hara (poem) .