when you tie rope and ribbon

by Raquel Salas Rivera

Raquel Salas Rivera

for oscar lópez rivera

you make two knots
so that years and names
can climb up or down

uniting thick and thin threads
simplicities and opacities
tense and resolved dialectics

your eyes are closed fists
that guide your hands
so the ribbon may last centuries
or until we have no need
to unleash forces
or unarm states





Last updated November 07, 2022