MARCH 14, 2024

no one sings
at the notaría.
i can even forget
to breathe.
but out there
in the world,
in the dirty world,
an old man is humming
near the front of his store:
flo-res ar-ti-fi-ci-al-es

currently listening to:

wayfarer_reaper-on-the-oilfields.mp3

MARCH 13, 2024

our cat
hesitates between us,
held aloft
by your stare and mine;
our cat
shudders between absolutes,
plenitude and desolation;
can you be called
honest
even if you cannot lie?
one last rebuke,
a sigh,
she settles in

currently listening to:

hania-rani_annette.mp3

MARCH 12, 2024

reading gloria susanaa esquivel's
contradeseo
my keyboard is typing extra a's
i painted a small planet with a renaault 4
on my wall this evening
aan illustration
by luis carlos barragán
but i colored it red
like the one my grandmother
owned

currently listening to:

spectral-voice_red-feasts-condensed-into-one.mp3

MARCH 10, 2024

i turned 32 today

currently listening to:

violeta-parra_volver-a-los-17.mp3

MARCH 8, 2024

we made friends
once
with a dog
named "guaro,"
dead
town in sunlight,
flooded
town with the big white house.
were they drinking guaro —
the grown-ups —
on the night
of the scorpion
in the bathroom?
while my little cousins
pierced their own ears,
"sanitized"
with coca-cola?
¿qué quieres tomar?

currently listening to:

hurray-for-the-riff-raff_hawkmoon.mp3

MARCH 6, 2024

a photo taken
by my cousin
it won a contest
we hung it on the wall today
a man trying to cross the street
in the rain

currently listening to:

soul-glo_gold-chain-punk-(whogonbeatmyass_).mp3

MARCH 3, 2024

screenshot (above) from a video call
with mom
starring dweez the cat.
"when are you going to get a job?"
yesterday,
we visited my grandmother
and her sisters at the home;
they are planning their escape daily now;
to go back to "the room"
everyone i know
is terrified
of losing
their memory.
"whose kid are you?"

currently listening to:

remember-sports_you-can-have-alonetime-when-youre-dead.mp3

MARCH 1, 2024

currently listening to:

anthony-naples_strobe.mp3