Juan Luis Guzmán – DETENTION

Editor’s note: for mobile users, this poem is best viewed in landscape mode. Juan Luis Guzmán DETENTION                     dematerializes desire  desensitizes delirium   delivers destruction                                 detention demands       depression                       deceptive demonstrations                                 desperation                     devilish delight               despite demented defenses                                 deconsecrating              democracy                       despair deepens                     deadens                     decide dear devotees                                 decolonize degrees        demilitarize departments         destroy deathtraps                                 defund destruction        deny despots                               devour deplorables                    deconstruct                   demonstrate                     demands determine delights

Juan Luis Guzmán – POEM FOR THE DL MAN WHO LOVED ME

Editor’s note: for mobile users, this poem is best viewed in landscape mode. Juan Luis Guzmán POEM FOR THE DL MAN WHO LOVED ME Cabro cabrito              cabrón, you give good guilt. You make of me               something wild.  Cabro cabrón.                                                       this animal in me Cabrito,              you hold power over me like carcass               between lips, a kill not meant for feast.  Continue reading “Juan Luis Guzmán – POEM FOR THE DL MAN WHO LOVED ME”