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by Elías Knörr

The sailor melts on land
His tears
             of wine
                  conquer
       incomprehensible bodies

The offspring of the sea
                  wake up, wake up
and wake a will, forced on new shores
       in exotic voices
               stifling echoes

The sailor, aflood
His foam
       surges in new tongues 

Untitled poem, translated by Meg Matich.