in peñuelas they knock down activists’ doors
for nina droz franco
drag
arrest
we assume the worst
but nina burns holes in the air
and we are also ashes
of another fire
en peñuelas tumban puertas de activistas
para nina droz franco
arrastran
arrestan
asumimos lo peor
pero nina quema hoyos en el aire
y somos también cenizas
de otro fuego
Credit
From x/ex/exis (poemas para la naci.n) (poems for the nation). Copyright © 2018 by Raquel Salas Rivera. Used with the permission of Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe.
Author
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera was born in Puerto Rico and grew up there and in the United States. He received a BA from the Universidad de Puerto Rico and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several collections of poetry.
Date Published
08/28/2018