in the back patio /of his mind

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He lies if they ask him
how he does it.

To leap on top
or to the side.

To dodge the ceaseless
lottery.

Imperceptible,
in the back patio
of his mind
,
a plant opens,
a succulent
of accomplishment
.

I., Luis Muñoz. Translated from the Spanish by Idra Novey & Garth Greenwell

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