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by Kristín Eiriksdóttir 

and so

fall sheets of paper

and so 

the meat becomes visible

and so

it cracks just a little

and so

it’s all sucked out

and so

a body is found

just as a child disappears

and so 

nakedness becomes normal

and so

abnormal again

and so

the drawing of the body glows

and so 

the drawing of the body is burned on the body

and so

it burns through the body

then

the dry grass reaches from chin to collarbone

someone draws scorch marks

and a few pass through the scorch marks

and then

scorch marks turn into drawings

and so

drawings burn

and so 

bodies trapped in drawings burn

and so

the ashes become crispy black and broken

then ashes swirl

and so

a bud appears

and so 

it blooms

and so 

it climbs

and so

it chimes 

Translated by Larissa Kyzer.