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The Massage

March 1, 2011 Issue 01, Issue 01 Poetry, Poetry

The neon strokes of Chinese characters
exclaimed the ancient city’s endlessness.
Beijing at night: how much we cannot know,
how little we will ever understand.

New Jersey, the Garden State

March 1, 2011 Issue 01, Issue 01 Poetry, Poetry

By RAFAEL CAMPO

“A state of mind,” my grandfather would say,
the sun as fierce as Mr. Cossimo’s
critiques of everything, from his wife’s sauce
to Senator Bill Bradley.