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You
will be four minutes
from
home
when
you
are
cornered
by an
officer
who will tell you of a
robbery
,
forty
minutes
ago in the
area.
You fit
the
description
of a
man
?
- You’ll
laugh
Thirteen
, you’ll tell him:
you’re thirteen
This
same
officer
had an
horizon
in the east
you were all
supernovas
, the
biggest
and
brightest
stars.
he
will
see
you
powerless
–
plump.
heat
of your
supernova
Don’t
you
remember
me?
you
will
ask.
While
fear
condenses
on your
lips
,
your
teacher
speaking
more
about
supernovas
:
how
they are
, in fact,
dying stars
on
the
verge
of becoming
black holes.
You
will
watch
the
two men
cast
lots
for your
organs
You
will
show
the warmth
of your
teeth
praying
he
remembers
the
heat
of your
supernov
Don’t you
remember me
? you will ask.
You gave
a
talk
at my
primary school.