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    Two Poems by Kirmen Uribe

    Mar 09, 2021 2 minutes

    TROTSKY FOR ME WAS

    Trotsky for me was riding
    high up on the back of the tractor

    Trotsky for me was taking a bath naked
    with my little friend in the bathtub.

    Trotsky for me was riding
    high up on the bicycle’s handlebars.

    Trotsky for meto make arrows like those of the Sioux in the Americas.

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