Memories, Fossilized
By Aaron Pupo
after Anselm Kiefer
Dead ferns,
dry.
. cracked. ([with
the
memory of thi/rst.
D. i s torted, cracked
t3rra cotta
. . • . . crack(ed/s)
Co.a•l s.pr.ead• in the
. • o.ver . concrete
the. • . •
•threshold ____
| | of
| | a door
| | long gone,
cold,
empty replica of a past
of a bunker
## of a room, of
rusted re#bar peeking
## out from
holes in the walls
of white□dresses; •
° . . .
here lie the remnants of a past
too
too dark . . , stubborn
to stay hidden. . . , . to decay.
. . . . .
.
Aaron Pupo was born in Miami to Cuban parents, and raised south of Kendall on a steady diet of café con leche and Roberto Carlos. He studies creative writing and philosophy at Florida International University, in hopes of becoming a poet.
This poem was debuted at the FIU Honors College‘s “Poetry Art Community” at Margulies Collection on 6 April, 2018.
The Margulies Poems by the FIU Students of Poetry Art Community
Isabella Marie Garcia
Albany Gonzalez
Victoria Lopez-Trujillo
Isabella Montes
Aaron Pupo
Jonah Wichterich
