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e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s
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a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i
v e s E d i t i o n
RON RODRIGUEZ
Light
––by Pedro Garfias
They sprouted wings towards the bandaged sky
of the wounded firemen that watered the
streets
of lights and a vendor it pierces while
all the city bells
run through the textiles pursued
The hand that draws the contours
But the tower dances in my window
And then you so dead
already like that lamp
in the sun so dead even though
my eyelids try
to imprison the escaping night.
[“Light” by Pedro Garfias translated by
Ron Rodriguez. Originally published in NHS 2012, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs12/.]