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Courage
This piece of writing placed second in the 2024 PEN America Prison Writing Awards. Courage I don’t remember the Mexican kid’s name anymore but I do remember his age which was 18. He looked young, younger than 18 although he carried himself like a man much older. Let me clarify, he was young and stupid…
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What’s left
When the gulfsbetween youand everything elsebecome absoluteand the terrorsof the inconsequentialare unsheathed,silly little things.here is how it should be.how it once was.perhapshow it could be,could have been.When it endswill it be enough to haveknownwhat was possible?It will have to beIt will have to be.silly littlethings This poem was published in the PEN America Zine –…
Robert Hiraeth
Stories, thoughts, and the spaces between.
Robert Hiraeth 