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No lo pases mal

Invierno 2021

            I found the word
            at the bottom of a glass—
            damp,
            illegible—
            someone else's
            handwriting
            on a napkin
            the wind had already taken.
          

            This is the address
            of a house
            that does not exist
            in a city
            I dreamed
            on a train
            going nowhere
            in particular.
          

            You asked what I meant.
            I meant this.
            No—
            I meant something else.
            The sentence ate its own tail
            and was satisfied.
          