Tag Archives: Longing

Exit Sign

Exit Sign

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Suddenly, I hear a voice like an ancestral echo saying, “no hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver” and I see the most obstinate of those who, blinded, refused to see: my mother. Another devastated angel, one who left without needing to emigrate, now back in her homeland. Like a gambler who risked her life to get to the casino with a single coin and is back with a tired thumb and nothing in her pockets.more

The Things I Should’ve or Didn’t or Couldn’t Say

The Things I Should’ve or Didn’t or Couldn’t Say

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“I should have told you that when I saw a baby the other day, this little yawning thing of pink and white, I thought a long time about smiling and having another onemore