Penitencia Pequeña
DAVID RAYGOZA
You can't not
forgive us for
eulogizing you
con el padre in hospice
instead of a chapel.
Welcoming God
into our mourning
would have felt dishonest—
weren't we the ones that
wanted you alive?
And so one last weekend
of hosting friends so
you're never alone.
You could
not forgive us,
and I'd understand too.
It makes some sort of sense that
the dead rest
and yet
dance
and sigh
and care
and it's not my eternal divine, but
to be sure I'll make
little ofrendas with the sunrise so
you're never alone.
David Raygoza is a writer, born in Culiacán and raised in Texas. He really likes kindness and sincerity, music and poetry, sci-fi and horror.
The debut issue of Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine. 6×9 paperback, 134 pages.
Poetry by: David Agyei-Yeboah, Maude B., Madeline Blair, Ace Boggess, Ashlee Craft, Zach Crosswait, Zoë Davis, Gavin DuBois, Mal Grace, Erica Hasselbach, Asmi Kartikeya, Daithí Kearney, Maëlle Keita, Ayesha Khan, Emma Lee, Juan Madrigal, Faisal Mohyuddin, Phoebe Nerem, Benjamin Niespodziany, Vaghawan Ojha, Samuel Plauché, Colette Postaer, David Raygoza, Tori Rego, Maddy Rowe, Patricia Russo, Satori, Ayden Scott, Brandon Shane, Sameen Shakya, Anca Varvara-Piccozzi, Ethan Viets-VanLear, Rebecca Watson, Jenny Whidden, gray lindsey, Ammara Younas, Zaid Zaheer
Prose by: B.E. Austin, Johnzee Baptiste, Rohit Karir, Sara Muttar, Sarah R. New, Anna Nguyen, Farhan Nurdiansyah, Eli Sugerman, Dylan Terry
Art by: Fatima B., Bea Bouman, Nathan Doty, Bushra Khan, mahnoor, Zafar Malik, Stefanie Reinhart
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