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Sofrito Heartbreak
He woke up with the coquí’s song stuck in his throat, tongue dry like sun-bleached coral, heart still marinating in the vinegar of her leaving. She left in a whirlwind—…
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goodbye ain’t never just a word
Sometimes it ain’t the leaving that hurts.It’s the quiet after.The empty chair at the table,the voicemail you don’t wanna delete’cause the sound of their laugh is all you got left.…
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i remember jackie
i remember jackie’s hair, thick and black, salt-wet from the sea,the way it clung to her neck when we’d walk the cracked streets of viejo san juan,our chocolate lab’s nails…
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New Years
New Yearsand I’m staring at the clocklike it owes me somethinglike the past year didn’t stealhalf the air from my lungsand the restwas left in cigarette smokeand cheap wine New…