Stein is a word

that means also that mug for beers
as if you didn’t know, as if I didn’t know
because Issy Reyes probably also knows
but she could never really understand Stein
because her Cat–and cat is a word–is
Steinian, and her name is Roselyn Perez
and when she speaks, it is always from
her heart which is her mind dancing
together forever, which is why she’s afraid
of sleeping with me. Stein is a word.

Marc Escalona Gaba

Mosaic is a word

See how she glued
her fingertips
to the picture, and now
is waiting for them to dry.

The street peeks in
from the screen door.

And no one had been passing
for a week.

This child, she might as well
be alone in the world.