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From the magazine:Carnivore
By Rigoberto González
I’m consuming myself,
my doctor says, and I get
the urge each time I lift
a fork. How it rattles
with…
my doctor says, and I get
the urge each time I lift
a fork. How it rattles
with…
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The poet shines a bright new light on Lucifer, who answers God in a whirlwind of verse.
Poem
By Rigoberto González
The nightclub’s neon light glows red with anxiety
as I wait on the turning lane. Cars blur past,
their headlights white as charcoal.
I trust each driver not to swerve. I trust each stranger...
as I wait on the turning lane. Cars blur past,
their headlights white as charcoal.
I trust each driver not to swerve. I trust each stranger...
Poem of the day
In the Union Square subway station nearly fifteen
years ago now, the L train came clanking by
where someone had fat-Sharpied a black heart...
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