I want to make it clear that this is completely different — Web Exclusive

By Eduardo Milán
Translated by John Oliver Simon

I want to make it clear that this is completely different
from what I wrote before. Halo, aura, wings, the stuff I had
was different. All I want is for all of you to love me. I
just want to be a pelican like my father, descendant
of pelicans. I want to build a stairway step by step.
I want the right to say I love you and leave me alone,
you in Tibet, finding the source of the Ganges, a dolphin
in circulation. I just want to do the tiniest bit of damage
to the heart of civilization. Pelicans: pathways, icons.

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