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    Two Poems by Eduardo C. Corral

    by Eduardo C. Corral Aug 27, 2020 1 minute
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    “Saguaro”

    Scrawl of graffiti,
    illegible jade,

    skin wax-rich,
    pleat-rich,

    monsoon accordion,
    long-legged

    hitchhiker thumbing
    by the intersate,

    summer relic,
    wind-broken, wind-

    borne, Sonoran
    pictograph ablaze

    in cloud shadow,
    glass lightning, glass

    tuning fork,
    green forged

    into a sword, saber
    or claymore,

    rainwater pitcher,
    ribs porous &

    coral, rock-bound
    welt, barbed rebozo.

    *

    “Questions for My Body”

    Why are you nocturnal

    How many cathedrals have you entered

    Has cruelty ever saved you

    Do you remember the length of his thumbs

    Isn’t that enough cake

    Have you ever soaked your feet in gasoline

    Do you still fear the virus

    How can you sleep in this heat

    Is that a soul patch

    Did you laugh or cry at Keat’s grave

    Have you been claimed

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    guillotine, eduardo corral

    “Saguaro” and “Questions for My Body” from Guillotine. Copyright © 2020 by Eduardo C. Corral. Reproduced with the permission of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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