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puerta corrediza

Behind the sliding glass door, a cinderblock wall

bloque de ceniza

demarcates a small concrete patio.

tangible

A window-shaped opening frames a shrub

oportunidad

of many branches growing on the slope,

sucursales

Or is intended to frame, if intentionality can be attributed to a hole,

incriminar

The shrub, like all living things, surpasses the wall’s edges.

barreras

Two dirt-covered outdoor chairs, of a hue

autoridades sombra

of blue that wavers between deep sky blue and azure,

triste ondear en medio de

Facing each other and empty, their colors mirror

vano su carácter

the plastic in the abandoned dustpan and broom at the outer edge,

perdido

tilting toward the soil, as if to sweep it up.

redada

The cleaning liquid’s solvents discolored the chairs

autoridades

Three chemical agents account for the faded hue:

desvanecido

denatured alcohol, methyl alcohol, and ethyl acetate.

estrechos

Four continuous, discrete sounds, all announcing nothing: a screech, a hammering, a siren, a buzz.

nereida cuchicheo, telefonazo

hacer chatarra de nervios

Totaling five. The top edges of the patio’s walls and an angular adjaacent roof jut against the landscape to bring geometry into sharper focus. The building knows what to do there.

penetrante