Yanira Marimón
Vision of the Body
For Jorge Angel Pérez Why is it nowas we leave our youthand beauty behinddo I find the bodiesof budding girls and boysso beautiful,the irreverent gaze of others.Now that gray hairs show themselvesand my flesh is less firmmy legs less firmas they outrun death.Now that skin’s glowthe brightness in my eyesand smooth foreheadslowly recede.Now that my …