The crimson sky
seems like a door
to another
world where the blood
of this world has
overflowed. The
ashes of this
world are there as
well in a large
drum as large as
the sun. There are
thousands of suns
in the other
world. The climate is
hot like the hell
described in books.

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Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal is a mental health professional with a new chapbook, Overcome, available from Kendra Steiner Editions.