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Melanie Pérez Ortiz

2024

We create rituals

dances for the moon

and conversations

with fire

to summon 

loneliness because

she is matter and

she sits

heavily,

displaces the vaccum

becomes a friend.

Rights: Melanie Pérez Ortiz

Carta de amor

Melanie Pérez Ortiz

2024

Inventamos ritos

bailes a la luna

y conversaciones

con el fuego

para conjurar

la soledad porque

ella es materia y

pesadamente

se sienta,

desplaza el vacío

se vuelve amiga.

Rights: Melanie Pérez Ortiz