“Six” by Julia Wong Kcomt

“Six” is a translation of “Seis,” a poem by Chinese Peruvian writer Julia Wong Kcomt from the collection Bi-rey-nato, which was published as a bilingual chapbook titled Vice-royal-ties in Ugly Duckling Presse’s Señal Latin American poetry series. This poem was published online in Latin American Literary Today. Translated from Spanish.

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