A poem by Brazilian-Irish migrant poet Rafael Mendes.
First published in our group anthology Frustrated Writers’ Group, Vol. 2 (2024).

Copyright, Rafael Mendes 2024.
𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 is a Brazilian-Irish migrant whose work has recently appeared or is upcoming in Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, Wasafari, and gorse. His pamphlet 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 was published this year by The Ireland Chair of Poetry and HOWL New Irish Writing.
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