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Author Archives: Oliver de la Paz

Diaspora Sonnet 42 ||| The Adroit Journal

January 27, 2021

Oliver de la Paz

    I close the shutters, leave a wink of light to keep from burning down my paper house. The seams are creased. I move about in my tattered plight slowly. Elbow on the table, skin puckered makes a kissing … Continued

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