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I.

By Luis Muñoz
Miente si le preguntan
cómo hace.

Para saltar encima
o al lado.

Para eludir el sorteo
continuo. 

Imperceptible,
en el patio de atrás
de su cabeza,
se abre una mata
suculenta de logro.

Source: Poetry (April 2026)
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