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ukdamo · 8 months

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Doppelgänger

Xavier Valcárcel

Translated from the Spanish by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

I did not come to solitude

she packed my suitcase and said go. She put an egg in my suitcase she put leavening in my suitcase she put salt in my suitcase flour, sugar, and warm water.

I came to my mother’s house to sleep for days. I closed all the doors. I took off my clothes, my watches. I left the suitcase on the floor unopened.

Now hungry, with my eyes I rummage through the things I brought. They have taken everything.

All that’s left is the egg, there, intact beside the bed and, when facing the mirror, I feel strangely committed to its care.

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