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Friday 11 June 2021

Santo Domingo - Frank Báez

Theseus reeled in Ariadne’s thread
seeking an exit from the labyrinth
just as the sun now reels in its thread
along the city’s streets and moves off
across freeways, motels, blue
mountains in the distance
and ships that turn on their lights,
while a plank of wood tenderly floats
in the Ozama’s warm waters
like a hand saying hello
or maybe good-bye. 

Frank Báez (born 1978) Dominican Republic
Translated by Hoyt Rogers
Source: The Fortnightly Review, May 2014

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