ROMANCE Poem: I wake from a long dream that unsettles me, by Roxana Landivar

I throw myself into devouring the complete works of Peri Rosi,
the complete works of Bob Dylan,
Caetano Veloso
Idea Vilariño
Gal Costa
Frank O’Hara
Roy Sigüenza
I seek something that speaks of you
I show the evidence
each discarded book on the floor is a trophy
I whisper your name in the avenues
like a prayer that repeats
repeats, repeats
I dream of a world where I finally forgot you
each year, I am certain that it has passed
I stay alive for long stretches
until you arrive like a tornado
snatching everything away with a single word.

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