“Foreigner” by Georgina Ramírez, translation from Spanish by David M. Brunson | Blackbird v21n2

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back GEORGINA RAMÍREZ
translation from Spanish by David M. Brunson

Foreigner

I’m an immigrant in my body

Where’s my face,
somewhere, an expression?
Any trace? Any sign?

I try to save what remains

but not even a hand
to hold on to memory
nor teeth to bite the wound

my silhouette
hardly a shadow

a brief moment if I name you