Translated from Spanish by Allana Noyes
TRANSLATION
INSIGHT
Survival Mechanisms
Content Warning: Suicide
POETRY
Dignity
We spooned
out avocados beside lakes, // I licked pink salt from your nape, /
drew the shapes of continents
on your back
BACK OF THE ENVELOPE
Scallion Pancakes
Even lizards, starfish, and sea cucumbers
Can regrow their limbs,
Like the scallions did after my mother
Gave them a haircut before dinnertime.
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