Author: Xochiquetzal Candelaria
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TWO POEMS by Xochiquetzal Candelaria
COTIDIANA Sometimes it is the airentering from the cracked window above my bedcrisp and sharp with the smell of pepper-tree leaves. Sometimes, it is how the ten year old boyreads a book while balancing on his right foot,left leg stretching toward the ceilingnothing but his blue and white striped briefs to keep him warm.…