Speak to me in a language
not your own.
Hold me in the moonlight
at the edge of the street
without a care
for the man at the window.
Promise me the sun,
not another farewell.
Richmond, VA
17 March 2025
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| Photo taken in Belém, Portugal on 16 November 2019. Copyright © by Sonja N. Bohm |
"At the Edge of the Street" (À Beira da Rua) Copyright © 2025 by Sonja N. Bohm. All rights reserved. First published in Pobre Ícaro (Poor Icarus): Bilingual Poems in Portuguese and English (2025).
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