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I am only the result, the fruit,
what's left, rotting, among the remains;
what you see here,
is just that:
tenacious trash resisting
its ruin, fighting against wind,
walking streets that go
nowhere.  The success
of all failures.  The insane
force of dismay. . .

--angel gonzalez ['before I could call myself angel gonzalez' tr. by steven ford brown & gutierrez revuelta]