For Nothing

Contributor: Daviel Ortega

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Fistful by fistful
I pull the weeds from the mud.

Fistful by fistful
I pull the thorns from my heart.

Afterward
I lay in the patchy grass
I lay silent
listen to nothing
pray
for nothing.


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Translated from Español by Jorge Rodriguez II. Love to my adopted father.