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'an animal within an animal' — a poem by Carolee Bennett
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‘in the glitter-open black' — poetry by Fox Henry Frazier
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'my god wearing a body' — poetry by Tom Nutting
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'down down down the hall of mirrors' — poetry by Ronnie K. Stephens
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'See my wants' — poetry by Aaliyah Anderson
Oct 26, 2025
'See my wants' — poetry by Aaliyah Anderson
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'black viper dangling a golden fruit' — poetry by Nova Glyn
Oct 26, 2025
'black viper dangling a golden fruit' — poetry by Nova Glyn
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'It would be unfair to touch you' — poetry by grace (ge) gilbert
Oct 26, 2025
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'Praying in retrograde' — poetry by Courtney Leigh
Oct 26, 2025
'Praying in retrograde' — poetry by Courtney Leigh
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'To not want is death' — poetry by Letitia Trent
Oct 26, 2025
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'Our wildness the eternal now' — poetry by Hannah Levy
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Pospongan Mi Muerte, Por Favor: Poetry by Nancy Mercado

June 30, 2017

WRITTEN BY NANCY MERCADO
TRANSLATED BY ETNAIRIS RIVERA
CURATED BY CECILIA LLOMPART

Pospongan Mi Muerte, Por Favor

Se prolonga en el sonido de un teléfono,
en el silencio de caras petrificadas
que se duermen.
Se prolonga en los platos sucios
en el fregadero,
en el tiempo que toma
viajar al este.
Se prolonga en tu pasado amante
que se adentra en el hueco
en tu oído de vez en vez,
en la travesía que Beatriz debe conducir.
Se prolonga en las cartas
que ahora debo escribir,
y en las respuestas que no recibiré.


Nancy Mercado is the editor of the Nuyorican Women Writers Anthology published in Voices e/Magazine, an online literary journal the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College- CUNY. She is a guest curator for the Museum of American Poetics and assistant editor for Eco-poetry.org; a website dedicated to addressing the issue of the climate crises. Her work has been anthologized in numerous award-winning books in the US and abroad. She is the author of It Concerns the Madness. For more information, go to: www.nancy-mercado.com

Cecilia Llompart is the Spanish Poetry Editor for Luna Luna Magazine.

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