There is no clear medicine in this story’s honey.

MICRO
Study for a Portrait
The fat spume settled,
like dew, against the wall.

WIT TEA
RealDoll Haiku
where do you put me now

TRANSLATION
Fools of Palermo: An Inventory
Translated from Italian by Katie Shireen Assef
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