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  • Oscar López Rivera
  • Guillermo Rebollo-Gil (bio)

“during today’s workshop session we’ll be working on the topicof political prisoners,” participantshave contributed Beatles cds,seedless grapes, a vietnam war commemorativecap, old diary entries from early adolescence,newspaper clippings, prescription pills, m&msfor inspiration, one lady brought up the colororange in relation to the color of my coffee cup& John Lennon & m&ms, I tried to not think of MorganFreeman & South Africa & soccer& how in Spanish you’re supposed to callsoccer futbol (it’s really rugby),then I jotted down the lyrics of Blackbird,stared at my shoes, I have a Puma sock and a Nike sock on,I look up & the woman finished off all the orangem&ms, she’s acting “coy,” so I write “koi”& draw a fish next to my Blackbird lyrics,it’s a neat trick to make a note of everythingin front of everybody in the workshop so as to appearinspired and productive, I figure political prisonersknow a lot of neat tricks for fooling themselvesinto feeling inspired and productive in theirmatching socks, “singing in the dead of night”I don’t know why but whenever I think of peoplein prison I can never make out their faces in the dark. [End Page 167]

Guillermo Rebollo-Gil
Puerto Rico
Guillermo Rebollo-Gil

Rebollo-Gil, Guillermo has authored the poetry books Sospechar de la euforia (2012), and Sobre la destrucción (2011), among others. He is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the Universidad Metropolitana de Puerto Rico.

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