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This aroma does not need therapy
This air does not need conditioning
This occasion is not special
This fashion is not a statement
This center is not correctional
This reaction is not equal nor opposite
This attention deficit is not a disorder
This story is not short
This figure is not literary
This narrator is not reliable
This space is not public
This rock is not a star
This shock is not therapy
This condition is not human
This motion is not a picture
This war is not revolutionary
This illusion is not optical
This universe is not parallel

Michael J. Alfaro

This poem first appeared in Palabra.