Birthday
first it was the train tracks,
then telecommunications
and now parties until the break of day.
i'm fucked
and everyone i know
is fucked.
and i guess everyone
i don't know
is also fucked,
and i guess that's why
i'm not interested
in getting to know new people,
and i guess that's why
no one else is
interested in getting to know me.
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Oscar Garcia Sierra
Houston, I'm the Problem
World Poetry, 2023
translated from the Spanish by
Carmen Yus Quintero
