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Issue No. 1

After the Bath

Naked in this world, bargaining

with what  I am, the self-

invented scent of my neck,

these dollops of soft

flesh without the gesture of bones,

my body so much more than,

venga! the hair curls

down my back , trembles

above my waist like fingers,

if I cock my hip,

it shows off my rump,

if I wear the red sling backs

he knows I mean business

when he calls me chula

I feel beautiful as soap

- from Botero’s “Il Bagno”

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