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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Place Where Words Reside

The Place Where Words Reside

Bauer, Curtis
Gómez Lara, María

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1969317132
ISBN13: 9781969317132
Publisher: Broken Bowl Books
Published: Oct 2 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English

One fine day, on the screen, an X-ray of your brain / they show you a perfectly defined heart-shaped stain / an indeterminate lesion in the left frontal lobe / the neurologists don't recognize it / possible low-grade tumor / and the world suddenly falls to the floor, you collapse.

The story told in El lugar de las palabras begins there. It continues with hospital needles, my arms battered / they can't find my veins anymore. The doctor reassures her (there's no need to worry, you'll recover) and also distresses her (There's a chance / that you might lose / your words). The fear of losing words: ... my words / I never thought they were / in danger / that one day I might / not find them / words always came / to rescue me. I'm so scared / I don't know where to put it.

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