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Impromptu

Ofelio
lives in a box
in a basement
in a house
in a city
in Colombia

not knowing
he's a turtle
never
seeing another
other 
turtle

head hidden
in his shell
selling
himself off
as if
sleeping

but he's 
peeking
at a moto
trying to find
how to climb
like the gato

once seated
on the seat
he turns the key
now moving faster
then his feet
he dreamily drives 

out
of Cali

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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